Presumption of death According to Article 31 of the Turkish Civil Code, persons who have disappeared in situations that require certain consideration of their death will be considered truly dead, even if their bodies have not been reached. Persons concerned about persons presumed to have died in this way will contact the competent authorities to ensure that the death record of the population is reduced. If the registration of the dead is reduced, it will mean the following: the person will now be considered legally dead by lowering the registration and will bring about all the provisions and consequences of death. In order to register a death based on the presumption of death, people were not required to prove that the death occurred. It will only be enough to prove the existence of the event, which indicates the finalization of death.
