Sample Petition For Change Of Surname
…… CIVIL COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
THE PLAINTIFF :…….
ATTORNEYS :…….
DEFENDANT :…….
CASE: Case for change of surname
EXPLANATIONS
1- My client ….. has played football professionally in football clubs in Turkey for many years and is still working as a coach due to the circumstances.
2- My client is currently registered at the Population Directorate of ……… district of ……. province of ……. and his father came to … with all family members from the province of … many years ago and settled in … and transferred all family population records to …..
3- While my client’s surname was … in the province of … in terms of the genealogical registry, his surname was mistakenly passed as … when his father’s population was transferred to … while their population was transferred to … by the … population directorate.
4- As it is known, there is no such word as ………. in Turkish in all dictionary scans of the Turkish Language Institution and, if necessary, in the dictionary studies of language experts.
5- As we have explained above, my client played in the 1st league teams for years and caused laughter when he was introduced as “………” in the presentations of the teams, especially before and after the matches, and in this respect, my client caused laughter years later due to the difficulty in the pronunciation of his surname and the evocation of other words, and this issue caused sadness and distress in my client’s spiritual world.
6-The client was even occasionally addressed by the people around him in verbal conversations such as jokes and joking even in the presence of his friends, such as “……… you started talking like your surname again”.
As explained;
Although the surname of the client is known to everyone as ……….. due to his past, it is somehow written as ……….. in the population, which causes inaccuracies, some confusion in bureaucracy correspondence, and conversations that will be ridiculed in human relations, and because this issue is contrary to linguistics in terms of the rules that should be in accordance with the surname law;
It has become necessary to apply to your court to change the surname of the client to ……… for the reasons explained.
LEGAL GROUNDS
EVIDENCE : Civil Registration, Witnesses, etc.
TIME FOR ANSWER :
CONCLUSION :
For the reasons stated above, I request that my client’s surname be changed to ………
I would like to submit. Sincerely yours,
…/…/…
Plaintiff ….
Attorney ….
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