Getting Married in Istanbul

Istanbul is a breathtaking destination-wedding location. Istanbul is the world's only city that spans two continents, and that geographic destiny has shaped 3,000 years of civilization. From the Hagia Sophia to the Grand Bazaar to the Bosphorus waterfront, it is the most layered, surprising, and utterly compelling city in the world.

Legal weddings for non-Muslim foreigners in Turkey require significant paperwork. Most international couples do symbolic ceremonies and handle legal requirements at home.

The Wedding Unicorn coordinates Istanbul destination weddings end-to-end — venue sourcing and negotiation, vendor coordination (photographers, florists, caterers, musicians), legal marriage documentation, guest travel block negotiation, multi-day event itineraries (welcome dinner, rehearsal, ceremony, day-after brunch), and complete day-of management.

We know what Istanbul requires for legal or symbolic ceremonies, and we have the vendor relationships to deliver quality that matches the extraordinary setting. Istanbul straddles two continents and belongs fully to neither — a city where Byzantine mosaics, Ottoman domes, and the Bosphorus at night create something the rest of the world is still trying to understand.