How is a declaration of absence issued?

In accordance with Article 32 of the Turkish Civil Code; if a person who has disappeared under circumstances suggesting a high risk of death or from whom no news has been received for a long time is highly likely to be dead, the court may issue a declaration of absence upon the application of those whose rights depend on that person's death. The competent court is the court of the person's last place of residence in Turkey; if they have never resided in Turkey, the court of the place where they are registered in the population registry; and if there is no such registration, the court of the place where their mother or father is registered.