Funeral Services
Information on funeral services and burial procedures.
Funeral Services and Burial Services
Standing by our citizens in their most painful days, our municipality carries out the collection, washing, shrouding, transport and burial preparations of the deceased entirely free of charge within the adjacent area boundaries.
Procedures to Follow at the Time of a Death
- 1If the death occurred at home due to natural causes:A death certificate is obtained by applying to the central community health centre with the original ID card of the deceased, or, if the deceased has no ID card, with a written declaration from relatives of the deceased stating the name, surname and T.R. ID number of the deceased.
- 2If the death occurred at home outside working hours due to natural causes:A death certificate is obtained by applying to the on-duty doctor on the Death Notification System (ÖBS) duty list with the original ID card of the deceased, or, if the deceased has no ID card, with a written declaration from relatives of the deceased stating the name, surname and T.R. ID number of the deceased.
- 3If the death occurred in a hospital due to natural causes:The death certificate issued by the hospital is obtained.
- 4Procedures for bodies at the Forensic Medicine Morgue:The death certificate issued by the Forensic Medicine Institution is obtained.
- 5For bodies arriving from abroad:The Burial Report issued by the airport doctor is obtained.
How Are Burial Procedures Carried Out?
Application is made to the Cemeteries Chief's Office with the “Death Certificate” issued by the Provincial Health Directorate, hospitals and other health institutions, Forensic Medicine or the Prosecutor's Office, or the “Burial Report” obtained from airport doctors. For bodies without a grave site, the Cemeteries Chief's Office staff identify a grave site from the available places. In line with the wishes of the citizens who are relatives of the deceased, the collection of the body from the home, hospital or airport, its washing and shrouding, its transfer to the requested mosque; and in cemeteries, the transfer of the body from the mosque to the cemetery, the grave site and the proper digging and preparation of the grave, and the concrete grave slab (instead of a wooden grave board) are carried out by institution staff. These services provided at the time of the funeral (excluding the grave site, within the adjacent area boundaries) are entirely FREE OF CHARGE.
Important Reminder
If our citizens do not make payments to our staff (gravediggers, body washers, drivers, cemetery guards) during or after funeral work and procedures under the names of tips, “ıskat” or “helallik”, which have wrongly taken root in our customs and traditions, our institution will be able to provide more efficient service.