France
France - Turkey Funeral Repatriation
We bring home and bury the deceased for Turkish families living in France, and repatriate residents of France who die in Turkey. The funeral fund or insurer in France usually carries out the transfer as far as Turkey; we take over the process from the airport. Turkey and France are both party to the 1973 Strasbourg Agreement on the transfer of corpses; the documents are issued within that framework.
Process for this country
- From France to Turkey: we exchange flight and document details with the funeral director or fund in France; we receive the deceased in Istanbul, transfer them to the city and coordinate the burial.
- From Turkey to France: the death certificate, the multilingual death certificate extract (Formule C), the embalming certificate and the burial transit permit are issued; a handover plan is agreed with the funeral director in France and the deceased is sent by air cargo.
Documents
- For a deceased arriving from France: the French death certificate (acte de décès) and the Turkish consulate's transfer document
- For a deceased leaving Turkey: Formule C, embalming certificate, burial transit permit and a letter of acceptance from the funeral director in France
Points to note
If there is a funeral fund membership in France, call the fund first; its contracted funeral director starts the transfer. We handle the domestic transfer and burial that fall outside the cover.
We work together with Turkish funeral directors in France; we act as the single point of contact for airport handover and burial.
The times given are typical ranges; they can change depending on how quickly the authorities, the airline and the consulate process each step. An autopsy, a judicial procedure or a public holiday will extend them.
Contact us
Our phone and WhatsApp line is open day and night. If you fill in the form, we will call you back as soon as possible.