Sources and what is not confirmed

Official sources, status of each fact, open points.

Status: October 2026. Facts were checked against the official pages and statutes below in October 2026. Where sources conflict or we could not confirm a fact, the text says so in italics.

Main sources

• German missions in Türkiye: national visa leaflets (study, skilled work, Ausbildung, language course, nursing)
• Federal Foreign Office: German missions in Türkiye
• iDATA appointment system
• Federal Foreign Office visa portal
• HCCH Apostille status table
• Blue Card thresholds 2026 (Federal Employment Agency)
• AufenthG
• BeschV
• AufenthV
• VwGO
• anabin (KMK)
• ZAB
• uni-assist: country notes Türkiye
• Recognition in Germany
• LEA Berlin service 324659
• LEA Berlin service 329325
• Berlin population statistics, 2nd half 2025, tables 9 and 10
• Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901
• Ministry of National Defence, military service (ASAL)
• Turkish Consulate General Sydney: notice on paid/foreign-currency military service 2026
• Turkish Consulate General Berlin
• German Pension Insurance: contacts for Türkiye
• İŞKUR: licensed private employment agencies
• TBB: advice services
• Make it in Germany
• Statutes and case law also cited: AufenthG §§ 2, 4, 9, 16a, 16b, 16d, 16f, 17, 18a, 18b, 18c, 19c, 20, 30, 81a; AufenthV §§ 46, 52a; BeschV § 24a; VwGO §§ 58, 74; BMG § 17; StAG § 10; Decision 1/80 of the EEC-Turkey Association Council Arts. 6, 7, 13; Additional Protocol Art. 41; CJEU C-228/06 (Soysal), C-221/13 (Demirkan), C-138/13 (Dogan); Turkish Citizenship Law No. 5901 Arts. 25, 28, 44

Not confirmed or conflicting

• Which YKS result and which anabin rating of the Turkish Lise diploma Berlin universities accept in each case.
• Processing and waiting times at the missions and at iDATA; whether the missions issue § 17 visas (training or study place search) in practice.
• Student health insurance of €120 to €130 a month for 2026; fees of the Berlin Landesprüfungsamt; whether the ZAB verifies Turkish degrees directly with YÖK.
• Which Turkish authority issues the apostille for which document; whether the missions accept multilingual CIEC civil-status extracts without further steps.
• Age limits and deferral rules for military service abroad; details of yurt dışı borçlanma (buying Turkish pension periods).
• Whether the İŞKUR list of private employment agencies is complete; which German nursing programmes recruit in Türkiye now.
• Which German level employers ask for in practice for an Ausbildung; whether all TBB advice is free; deadlines of Berlin universities other than those named.
• Turkish rules on transferring money abroad for a blocked account.
• Visa fee for children: §§ 46, 50 AufenthV gives €37.50 for minors; some Embassy leaflets (e.g. 44F) name €40. Whether the Consulate in Antalya issues national visas.
• Age limit for reduced association-law fees: under 24 under § 52a AufenthV, under 25 on the LEA page.

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