Turkish Academic Translation
Burak Ünal, Founder & Sworn Translator (English, French) · Updated
Translate and notarize your diploma, certificate, transcript in turkish language for universities in turkey and abroad.
At a glance
- Service
- Academic translation for study and recognition
- Certification
- Sworn translation, notary approval and apostille available
- Languages
- English, Turkish, German, French, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Chinese and more
- Documents
- Diplomas, transcripts, certificates, reference letters
- Get a quote
- Send your document by WhatsApp or email
What's included
- Translation by a sworn translator
- Notary certification arranged where required
- Apostille arranged for documents used abroad
- Digital delivery, with hard copies on request
Why choose us
Recognized by institutions
Certified and notarized so universities and academic councils accept your documents.
Correct terminology
Grades, course names and titles translated accurately and consistently.
For study in Turkey or abroad
Suitable for admissions, equivalence and scholarship applications.
How it works
- 1
Send your document
Share a clear scan or photo by WhatsApp or email and tell us the target language and how the translation will be used.
- 2
Sworn translation
A sworn translator translates the document, preserving names, dates, seals and legal or technical terminology exactly.
- 3
Notarization
Where the receiving authority requires it, a Turkish notary certifies the sworn translation.
- 4
Apostille and delivery
For use abroad we arrange an apostille under the Hague Convention, then deliver digital and, if needed, hard copies.
What we'll need from you
- A clear, complete scan or photo of every page (no cropped edges).
- The exact spelling of names as they appear in a passport or ID.
- The country/authority the translation is for, and whether notary or apostille is needed.
What affects the cost
- Document type and length
- Priced per page or per word depending on the document.
- Language pair
- Common pairs cost less than rarer languages.
- Certification level
- Translation only, notarized, or notarized plus apostille.
- Turnaround
- Standard delivery, or urgent/same-day where the workload allows.
Every document is priced individually - contact us for a tailored quote.
Documents that academic files are built from
Whether you are applying to a Turkish university, seeking recognition of a foreign qualification, or taking a Turkish degree abroad, the same core documents recur: diplomas and degree certificates, full academic transcripts, course descriptions and syllabi, graduation and enrolment certificates, language certificates, letters of recommendation, and research or thesis material. For recognition applications the transcript and the course descriptions usually carry the most weight, because that is where a reviewer looks to compare content and credit hours rather than titles.
Most of these need sworn translation, and notary certification is frequently required. Foreign documents intended for use in Turkey normally need an apostille obtained in the issuing country before they arrive.
Recognition of foreign qualifications
Recognition of foreign higher education qualifications in Turkey is handled by the Council of Higher Education, and applications are document-heavy by design. The reviewer is trying to establish what you actually studied, so the translation of a transcript and of course descriptions has to be faithful at a level of detail that feels excessive until you see it questioned. Credit systems, contact hours, grading scales and course titles are carried across as they appear, rather than converted into a Turkish equivalent, because the conversion is the reviewer's job and not the translator's.
We prepare and translate documents for these applications. We do not assess whether a qualification will be recognised, and we would be inventing an answer if we tried. That determination belongs to the authority.
Grades, titles and the temptation to help
The most important discipline in academic translation is refusing to improve the document. A grade of 2.1 in a British system, a Turkish 4.0 scale mark and a German 1.3 are not interchangeable, and rendering one as another would misrepresent the record even when done with good intentions. The same applies to degree titles: a translated title should describe the qualification awarded, not the closest-sounding local degree.
Where a source document uses an institution-specific term with no equivalent, we preserve the original alongside a rendering so the reviewer can see both. It is better for a document to be transparently unusual than smoothly misleading.
Consistency across an application
Applications are read as a set. Your name, your institution's name, your programme title and your dates of study should appear identically on every translated document, and identically to how they appear on your passport where that document is also being submitted. We translate a file as a whole for this reason, and flag discrepancies we find between your documents rather than silently harmonising them, since an inconsistency in the originals is something you may need to explain.
Related reading: the process of translating academic documents, translating academic transcripts, academic certificates for employers and the student visa guide.
Frequently asked questions
Do you translate diplomas and transcripts?
Yes. Diplomas, transcripts, certificates and reference letters are among the documents we translate and notarize most often.
Will universities accept the translation?
As sworn, notarized translations they are accepted by universities and academic authorities in Turkey and, with an apostille, abroad.
Do I need an apostille for use in another country?
Usually yes. For academic documents used abroad an apostille is typically required in addition to notarization.