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| Oğuz Feyzullahnejad |
The Feyzullahnejad family, living in the city of Maku, could not obtain a birth certificate for their son due to his Turkish name for 5 years.
Despite their efforts and persistence over 5 years, the Feyzullahnejad family, living in the city of Maku in West Azerbaijan province, had been unable to obtain a birth certificate for their son named Oğuz Kaan until recently.
According to information circulating on social networks and a copy of the birth certificate, the 5-year-old child was recently issued a birth certificate, but under the name Oğuz rather than Oğuz Kaan.
The Maku branch of Iran’s Civil Registration Office had refused to issue a birth certificate for the name Oğuz Kaan in 2011. After this refusal, the child’s father, Sadıq Feyzullahnejad, filed a complaint with the court. However, the court's ruling confirmed the position of the state agency.
The ruling issued by the 2nd division of Maku city’s general court stated that the selected name "was not among those accepted by Islamic and Sharia culture and was contrary to the culture of the true Islamic community."
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| Copy of the Birth Certificate |
A copy of the birth certificate issued under the name Oğuz Feyzullahnejad has recently been shared on Telegram channels, widely used in Iran. Users have shared the image with the caption, “After 5 years of struggle, a birth certificate was issued for the Turkish name Oğuz!”
In recent years, some families in Iran who have been unable to obtain birth certificates for their children with Turkish names have begun to share their experiences on social media and in the press.
Link to the original text in Turkish on the Azerbaijani section of Voice of America:
İran rəsmiləri 5 yaşlı Oğuza nəhayət şəxsiyyət vəsiqəsi verib