HOW IS GENDER CHANGE PERFORMED?
The procedure that a person wishing to change their gender must follow is set out in Article 40 of Law No. 4721. As explained in the aforementioned article, a person wishing to change their gender may apply to the court, either in person or through a lawyer, to request permission for a gender change. However, for permission to be granted, the applicant must be at least eighteen years of age and unmarried; furthermore, they must be transgender and prove, with an official medical board report from a teaching and research hospital, that the gender change is medically necessary and that they are permanently incapable of reproduction.
If the official medical board report confirms that a gender reassignment surgery appropriate to the purpose and medical methods has been performed in accordance with the permission granted, the court decides to make the necessary corrections in the population registry.
At these stages, it is clear that it is important for citizens to have these cases followed up by a lawyer in order to ensure that the case is followed up and that the second case, which must be filed for the population register to be changed after the sex reassignment surgery, is concluded in a timely manner.