FUNDAMENTAL ELEMENTS OF TURKISH CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Res. Asst. Feyzan ÖZBAY, Res. Asst. Sezen KAMA
35
SECTION I: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF THE TURKISH CONSTITUTIONALIST MOVEMENT
36
SECTION II: THE LEGISLATURE
39
I. The Composition of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey
39
A. Eligibility Criteria d to Become a Deputy
40
B. Parliamentary Privileges
41
II. Functions and Powers of the GNAT
42
B. Parliamentary Oversight
43
SECTION III THE EXECUTIVE
45
I. Elements of the Executive
45
B. The Prime Minister (PM)
46
C. The Council of Ministers (The CoM)
47
A. Privileges and Immunities
48
B. Ministerial Responsibility
48
1. Political Responsibility
49
2. Criminal Responsibility
49
3. Legal Responsibility
49
SECTION IV THE JUDICIARY
50
I. Organization of the Judiciary
50
A. Judicial (Civil and Criminal) Courts
50
B. Administrative and Tax Courts
51
D. The Constitutional Court
52
E. The Court of Accounts
53
II. Judicial Independence
54
A. Independence of Judges
54
C. Principle of Natural Judge
55
HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE 1982 CONSTITUTION
Asst. Prof. Dr. Murat TÜMAY, Res. Asst. Feyzan ÖZBAY, Res. Asst. Sezen KAMA
57
I. General Constitutional Framework
57
II. Limitations to Fundamental Rights
59
II. Derogations to Human Rights
60
III. Individual Application to the Constitutional Court
61
TURKISH ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
Res. Asst. Dr. Halil ALTINDAĞ, Res. Asst. Ömer Faruk EROL,
I. Turkish Administrative Organization
65
A. Central Administration
66
1. President of the Republic
66
2. Council of Ministers
68
1. Territorial Decentralization (Local Administrations)
68
a. Special Provincial Administration (İl Özel İdaresi)
69
aa. General Provincial Council (İl Genel Meclisi)
70
ab. Provincial Executive Committee (İl Encümeni)
70
b. Municipality (Belediye)
70
ba. Municipal Council (Belediye Meclisi)
71
bb. Municipal Executive Committee (Belediye Encümeni)
71
bc. The Mayor (Belediye Başkanı)
72
c. Metropolitan Municipality (Büyükşehir Belediyesi)
72
d. Village Administration (Köy İdaresi)
73
2. Decentralization Based on Services
74
a. Institutions of Higher Education (Yüksek Öğretim Kurumları)
74
b. Regulatory and Supervision Agencies (Düzenleyici ve Denetleyici Kurumlar)
74
d. Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet İşleri Başkanlığı)
75
II. Activities of Administration
75
B. Administrative Police
76
III. Powers of Administration
77
A. Administrative Acts
77
1. Administrative Regulations
78
2. Individual Administrative Acts
78
B. Administrative Contracts
78
C. Administrative Actions
79
D. Law on Public Procurement
79
1. Basic Legislation on Public Procurement
80
2. Procurement Procedures
81
3. Objection to Procurement
82
a. Complaint Application to the Contracting Authority (Şikayet)
83
b. Appeal Application to the Public Procurement Authority (İtirazen Şikayet)
83
E. Administrative Sanctions
83
1. Definition of Administrative Sanction and Primary Legislation
83
2. Basic Principles Regarding Administrative Sanctions
84
3. Judicial Review of Administrative Sanctions
84
TURKISH ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
Res. Asst. Dr. Halil ALTINDAĞ, Res. Asst. İ. Esra Dülger SUCU,
II. Organization of Administrative Jurisdiction
87
B. High Military Administrative Court
89
C. Regional Administrative Courts
89
D. Administrative Courts
89
III. Administrative Litigation
90
A. Action for Annulment
90
B. Action of Full Jurisdiction
91
IV. Suspension of Execution
92
V. Time Limit to Bring a Case
92
TURKISH CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hakan HAKERİ
95
II. GENERAL PART OF THE PENAL CODE
96
III. SPECIAL PART OF THE PENAL CODE (CRIMES)
100
IV. CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW
103
Res. Asst. Emine Sevcan ARTUN, Res. Asst. Ahmet Emrah GEÇER,
Res. Asst. Arzu KALYON
109
SECTION I GENERAL TAX LAW
109
I. DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES OF THE TAX LAW
109
A. Definition of Tax Law
109
B. Sources of Tax Law
109
1. Binding Sources of Tax Law
110
c. International Tax Treaties
111
e. Other Binding Sources
111
2. Non–binding Sources of Tax Law
112
1. Complementary Tax Assessment
114
2. Ex– Officio Tax Assessment
114
3. Tax Assessment by the Administration
114
C. Notification of Tax
114
1. Irregularity Misdemeanors
116
2. Tax Loss Misdemeanors
117
2. Breach of Tax Secrecy
117
3. Conducting Personal Affairs of Taxpayers
118
IV. TAX PROCEDURE LAW
118
B. Tax–Related Courts
119
2. Regional Administrative Courts
120
3. The Council of State
120
C. Tax Trial Procedure
121
V. TAX ENFORCEMENT LAW
123
B. Compulsory Execution Proceeding
123
C. Measures of Conservation
124
2. Request for a Guarantee
124
3. Precautionary Accrual (İhtiyati Tahakkuk)
125
4. Precautionary Attachment (İhtiyati Haciz)
125
5. Nullity Proceedings
126
VI. INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW
126
B. States’ Jurisdiction to Tax
127
C. Legal Nature of International Tax Treaties in Turkish Law
127
D. The Notion of Double Taxation
128
E. The Issue of Double Non–Taxation: Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance
129
SECTION II TURKISH TAXATION SYSTEM
130
A. Income Tax for Real Persons
130
1. Thin Capitalization
131
II. Indirect Taxation
132
C. Motor Vehicles Tax
134
D. Banking and Insurance Transaction Tax (BITT)
134
F. Inheritance and Gift Tax
134
H. Special Communication Tax
135
K. Special Consumption Tax
135
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tülay YILDIRIM, Res. Asst. Miray AZAKLI KÖSE
137
SECTION I USE OF FORCE BY STATES
137
I. The Prohibition on the Use of Force
137
II. The Right of Self–Defense
139
III. The Scope of Self–Defense
140
IV. AnticipatoryPre–Emptive Self–Defense
141
V. Collective Self–Defense
142
VI. Humanitarian Intervention
143
VII. The Responsibility to Protect
144
VIII. The Use of Force Under Chapter VII of the Charter
145
SECTION II INTERNATIONAL LAW OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY
147
I. The Source of Responsibility: The Internationally Wrongful Act of A State
148
A. Attribution of Conduct to A State
148
B. Breach of an International Obligation
149
C. Circumstances Precluding Wrongfulness
149
4. Force–majeure and Distress
151
II. Consequences of an Internationally Wrongful Act
152
III. Serious Breaches of Obligations Under Peremptory Norms
153
Asst. Prof. Dr. Saliha Okur GÜMRÜKÇÜOĞLU
155
II. Historical Development of Turkish Law
155
A. Turkish Law before Islam
155
B. Turkish Law after Islam
156
2. Legal Schools in Islamic Law
157
a. The Ottoman Judicial System
158
b. The Ottoman Judical System after Tanzimat
159
TURKISH PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND SOCIOLOGY OF LAW
SECTION I NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
161
I. Nature of Philosophy of Law
161
II. Importance of Philosophy of Law
162
A. Theoretical Importance of Philosophy of Law
162
B. Practical Importance of Philosophy of Law
163
SECTION II MAIN IDEOLOGIES WHICH DETERMINE THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
164
I. Theories Embodied by Moral Content of Law
164
II. Theories Embodied by Normativity of Law
164
III. Theories Embodied by Social Facts Determining Law
165
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ümit GEZDER, Res. Asst. Yasin BÜYÜK,
Res. Asst. M. Hasanali AKAY, Res. Asst. Melike ERGÜN
169
A. Beginning and End of Personality:
171
B. Ability to be Subject of the Rights and Obligations:
171
1. Full Capacity (Art. 9–13)
172
2. Full Incapacity (Art. 15)
172
3. Limited Capacity (Art. 16)
173
1. Formalities of Marriage
174
2. Marriage Impediments (TCC Art. 129–133)
175
1. Wills and Testamentary Contracts
177
B. Immovable property
178
C. Real Rights (Rights in Rem)
179
1. Limited Rights in rem
179
VII. TURKISH OBLIGATION LAW – GENERAL PROVISIONS
180
1. Capacity to Contract
181
2. Formation of the Contract
181
3. Conditions of Validity
182
4. Form of the Contract
183
5. Genuineness of Assent
184
VIII. SPECIAL PROVISIONS
186
A. CLASSIFICATION OF CONTRACTS THAT ARE REGULATED BY SPECIAL PROVISIONS
186
1. Classification of contracts by their subject and purpose.
186
c. Donation Contracts
187
d. Other types of contracts
187
db. Contract of Loan of an Object for Use and Contract of Loan of an Object for Consume
187
e. Contracts of bailment
188
f. Contracts of guarantee
188
2. Contracts that are not regulated in the Code
188
a. Combined Contracts
188
TURKISH INDIVIDUAL LABOUR LAW
Prof. Dr. M. Refik KORKUSUZ, Res. Asst. Ömer UĞUR
191
I. Basic Concepts of Individual Labour Law
191
SECTION II TYPES OF CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
193
II. Transitory and Continual Contract of Employment
193
A. Transitory Contract of Employment
193
B. Continual Contract of Employment
193
C. Results of the Division
194
III. Contract of Employment with Indefinite Term and Definite Term
194
A. Contract of Employment with Indefinite Term
194
B. Contract of Employment with Definite Term
194
1. Legal ments of the Contract of Employment with Definite Term
195
IV. Part Time and Full Time Contract of Employment
196
V. Contract of Employment with Trial Clause
196
SECTION III TERMINATION OF CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT
198
III. Situations that Terminates the Contract of Employment
198
B. End of the Fixed Term
198
II. Termination of the Contract of Employment with Notice
199
B. Termination Notice Periods
199
C. Pay in Lieu of Notice
200
III. Termination of the Contract of Employment with Notice that Contains a Valid Ground
201
B. Valid Grounds for Termination
201
C. Reemployment Lawsuit
202
IV. Rightful Termination of the Contract of Employment
202
B. Termination of Contract by Employees
203
2. Situations that are against the moral rules and good faith
203
C. Termination of Contract by Employers
205
2. Situations that are against the moral rules and good faith
205
4. Absence of employee due to arrestmentcustody
207
TURKISH COLLECTIVE LABOUR LAW
Prof. Dr. M. Refik KORKUSUZ, Res. Asst. Muhammed İsmail ÇEKİÇ
209
SECTION I GENERAL INFORMATION
209
SECTION II TRADE UNIONS
211
A. Definition and Formation
211
II. Freedom of Association
213
A. Aspects of the Freedom of Association
213
B. Individual Freedom of Association
213
1. “Positive” Freedom of Association
213
2. “Negative” Freedom of Association
213
C. Collective Freedom of Association
214
A. Protection of workers’ trade union management (İşçi kuruluşu yöneticiliğinin güvencesi)
214
B. Protection of shop stewards (İşyeri sendika temsilciliğinin güvencesi)
214
C. Guarantee of freedom of trade union
214
1. Discrimination During Employment
215
2. Discrimination Regarding Working Conditions
215
3. Discrimination Regarding Termination
215
IV. Dissolution of Trade Unions
215
SECTION III COLLECTIVE LABOUR AGREEMENT
216
B. CLA Capacity and Power
217
C. Collective Bargaining Process (Toplu Görüşme Süreci)
218
1. Invitation to Collective Bargaining
218
2. Commencement and Period of Collective Bargaining
218
3. Disputes During Collective Bargaining
218
D. Strike and Lock–Out
219
2. Lawful Strike and Lock–Out
219
4. Prohibitions of Strikes and Lock–Outs
220
5. Execution of Strike and Lock–Out
220
6. Effects of a Lawful StrikeLock–Out on Contracts of Employment
221
7. Consequences of an Unlawful StrikeLock–Out
221
8. Decision to End a StrikeLock–Out
221
TURKISH SOCIAL SECURITY LAW
Prof. Dr. M. Refik KORKUSUZ, Res. Asst. Ebru KARABACAK
225
I. CONCEPT OF SOCIAL INSURANCE
225
II. TECHNIQUES USED FOR SOCIAL INSURANCE
225
II. QUALIFICATIONS OF SOCIAL INSURANCE
226
IV. THE SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION
227
V. FINANCING OF SOCIAL SECURITY
228
VI. INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CONSIDERED TO BE INSURED
229
A. Insurance of Individuals Working Dependently
229
1. Individuals who are considered to be fully insured
229
2. Individuals who are considered to be partially insured
229
B. Insurance of Independent Workers
230
C. Insurance of Public Servants
230
VII. INDIVIDUALS NOT DEEMED TO BE INSURANCE HOLDERS
230
VIII. TYPES OF SOCIAL INSURANCE
231
A. Work Accident and Occupational Diseases Insurance
231
C. Maternity Insurance
233
D. Disability Insurance
233
F. Survivors’ Insurance
235
G. Unemployment Insurance
235
H. General Health Insurance
236
IX. PERSONAL RETIREMENT
236
X. SOCIAL ASSISTANCES AND SERVICES
236
TURKISH LAW ON OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY
Prof. Dr. M. Refik KORKUSUZ, Asst. Prof. Dr. M. Halit KORKUSUZ
239
SECTION I TASKS OF THE STATE
239
I. Importance of Ensuring Occupational Health and Safety
239
II. Constitutional Basis of Occupational Health and Safety
239
III. Occupational Health and Safety Regulations
240
IV. National Council of Occupational Health and Safety
240
V. Insurance Premium Reinforcement System
240
VI. Inspection of Occupational Health and Safety
240
SECTION II EMPLOYERS’ DUTIES AND ORGANIZATION OF THE WORKSITE
241
A. Duty to Take All Necessary Precautions
241
C. Duty of Training and Informing
241
D. Duty to Perform Risk Assessment
242
E. Duty to Perform Healthcare Supervision
242
F. Duty to Report Work Accident and Record Keeping
243
II. Organization of the Worksite about Occupational Health and Safety
243
A. Committee of Occupational Health and Safety (İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği Kurulu)
243
B. Occupational Safety Experts (İş Güvenliği Uzmanları)
244
C. Occupational Physicians (İşyeri Hekimleri)
244
D. Worksite Health and Safety Unit (İşyeri Sağlık ve Güvenlik Birimi) and Health and Safety Joint Unit (Ortak Sağlık ve Güvenlik Birimi)
245
SECTION III EMPLOYEES’ RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS
246
A. Right to Abstain from Work
246
B. Right to Participate
247
C. Right to File a Complaint to Administrative Authorities (İhbar Hakkı)
247
D. Right to Terminate the Employment Contract with Valid Reason
248
II. Employees’ Duties
248
SECTION IV OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY SANCTIONS
250
I. Administrative Sanctions
250
A. Administrative Fines
250
B. Suspension of the work
250
C. Disqualification from tendering
251
LAW OF COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
Res. Asst. Emin ÇAMURCU
253
SECTION I COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
254
I. Elements of Commercial Enterprise
254
A. Aiming to Produce an Income Higher Than the Artisan Enterprise
254
II. Contracts Related with Commercial Enterprises
255
SECTION II NOTIONS RELATED TO COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE
256
A. Identifying a Merchant
256
B. Consequences of Being a Merchant
257
2. Role of Commercial Usage and Custom
258
3. Impossibility to Request Reduction of the FeeContractual Penalty
258
4. Right to Demand Payment of a Remuneration and Interest
258
II. Commercial Affair (Ticari İş)
258
A. Presumption of Commercial Affair
259
B. Consequences of Qualifying an Affair as Commercial Affair
260
1. Presumption of Joint Liability
260
2. Interest in Commercial Affairs
260
3. Statute of Limitation Periods in Commercial Affairs
261
II. Commercial Clauses
261
IV. Merchant Assistants
263
A. Commercial Representative (Ticari Temsilci)
263
B. Commercial Delegate (Ticari Vekil)
264
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ferna İPEKEL KAYALI
269
SECTION I OVERVIEW OF COMPANY LAW IN TURKEY
269
II. COMMERCIAL COMPANIES
270
SECTION II CAPITAL COMPANIES
272
I. JOINT STOCK COMPANIES
272
B. Board of Directors
277
C. Shareholders’ Rights
279
1. Personal Rights of the Shareholders
279
a. Right of participation in the GM:
279
c. Right to information and examination:
280
d. Right to request the appointment of special audit:
281
e. Right to request the nullity of GM resolutions:
281
2. Financial Rights of the Shareholders
282
II. LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES
282
TURKISH LAW OF NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS
Res. Asst. Hasan Onur AKAY
291
I. Definition and Legislation
291
II. Elements and Characteristics of Negotiable Instruments
292
A. Elements of Negotiable Instruments
292
B. Characteristics of Negotiable Instruments
292
III. Classification of Negotiable Instruments
293
A. Classification Based on the Right Embodied in the Instrument
293
1. Instruments Embodying a Monetary Claim (Alacak Senetleri)
293
2. Commodity Instruments (Emtia Senetleri)
293
3. Equity/Share Instruments (Pay Senetleri)
293
4. Instruments That Serve to Participate in Capital Companies (Ortaklığa Katılma Senetleri)
294
5. Combined Instruments (Karma Nitelikli Senetler)
294
B. Classification Based on the Transfer Procedure of the Instrument
294
1. Registered Negotiable Instruments (Nama Yazılı Kıymetli Evrak)
294
2. Negotiable Instruments Payable to Order (Emre Yazılı Kıymetli Evrak)
295
3. Negotiable Instruments Payable to Bearer (Hamile/Hamiline Yazılı Kıymetli Evrak)
295
SECTION II COMMERCIAL PAPERS
296
II. Bills of Exchange
296
A. Form of a Bill of Exchange
296
B. Transfer of Bills of Exchange
297
C. Acceptance (Kabul)
299
D. Recourse for Non–AcceptanceNon–Payment
300
E. Period of Limitation
300
III. Promissory Notes
300
B. Form of a Promissory Note
301
C. Period of Limitation
301
C. Period of Presentation
304
D. Transfer of Checks
304
E. Recourse for Non–Payment
305
F. Period of Limitation
305
Asst. Prof. Dr. Hacı KARA
307
SECTION I SOURCES OF THE TURKISH MARITIME LAW
307
II. Provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code That Are Related With Maritime Commerce
308
SECTION II SHIP AND OWNERSHIP OF SHIP
309
A. Definition and Legal Nature
309
1. National Ship’s Register
310
a. The ships which can lawfully be registered in the Ship’s Register
310
b. The Ships which cannot be registered in the Ship’s Register
310
2. Turkish International Ship’s Register
310
II. Exercitor Navis and Operator
311
A. Exercitor Navis (Donatan)
311
B. Ship Operator (Disponent Owner)
311
SECTION IV MARITIME COMMERCE CONTRACTS
313
I. Bareboat Charter Party
313
II. Time Charter Party
313
III. Contract Of Affreightment
313
A. Definition and Types of Affreightment Contracts
314
a. Voyage Charter (Sefer Çarteri)
314
aa. Full Charter (Tam Çarter)
314
ab. Partial Charter (Kısmi Çarter)
314
b. Contracts in Liner Shipping (Kırkambar Sözleşmesi)
314
B. Persons Involved in the Affreightment Contract
314
4. Consignee (Receiver)
315
C. Liability of the Carrier
315
1. Duration for Which the Carrier is Liable
315
2. Duration for Acceptance of Delay and the Loss of Goods
316
IV. Contract of Carriage of Passengers
316
SECTION V MARINE ACCIDENTS
317
SECTION VI MARITIME LIENS AND ENFORCEMENT
318
II. Maritime Enforcement
318
SECTION VII LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND COMPENSATION OF LOSSES ARISING FROM OIL POLLUTION
321
I. Liability for Sea Pollution
321
II. Limitation of Liability
321
Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Barış GÜNAY
325
SECTION I INTRODUCTION
325
SECTION II THE INSURANCE ACT (LAW NO. 5684)
327
I. Insurance and Reinsurance Companies (Sigorta ve Reasürans Şirketleri)
327
II. Intermediaries (Sigorta Aracıları)
327
IV. Assurance Account (Güvence Hesabı)
328
V. Insurance Arbitration Scheme (Sigorta Tahkim Sistemi)
328
SECTION III INSURANCE CONTRACTS
330
I. General Provisions
330
A. Obligations and Duties of the Insurer
331
1. Obligation to carry the risk
331
2. Pre–contractual information duty
331
3. Obligation to issue and deliver policy
332
4. Obligation to pay expenses
332
5. Obligation to pay indemnity
332
B. Obligations and Duties of the Insured
332
1. Obligation to pay premium
332
2. Duty of disclosure
333
3. Duty to Provide Information and to Allow Investigation
333
4. Duty to Prevent LossIncrease in Loss
333
II. Special Provisions
334
A. Indemnity Insurances (Zarar Sigortaları)
334
1. Property Insurance (Mal Sigortası)
334
2. Liability Insurance (Sorumluluk Sigortası)
334
B. Personal Insurances (Can Sigortaları)
335
1. Life Insurance (Hayat Sigortası)
335
2. Accident Insurance (Kaza Sigortası)
335
3. Sickness Insurance and Health Insurance (Hastalık ve Sağlık Sigortası)
335
TURKISH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW
Res. Asst. Dr. Özgür ARIKAN
337
SECTION I Trade Mark Law
338
I. Definition and Registrability of Trade Mark
338
II. Functions of Trade Mark
339
III. Registration of Trade Mark
339
IV. Absolute and Relative Grounds for Refusal
340
V. Trade Mark Protection
343
VI. Duration of Trade Mark Registration
344
SECTION II Patent Law
345
II. Registration, Grant and Ownership of Patent
346
III. Employee Inventions
347
V. Protection of Patent
348
VI. Infringement of Patent Rights
349
TURKISH CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW
Res. Asst. Elif Irmak KILIÇ
351
II. Competence and Venue: Where to Commence an Action
352
A. Jurisdictional Branches and Court Organization
352
B. Competence and Venue
352
C. Phases of a Lawsuit
357
1. Exchange of Petitions (Pleading) Phase (Dilekçeler Aşaması)
357
2. Preliminary Investigation Phase (Ön İnceleme Aşaması)
358
3. Investigation Phase (Tahkikat)
359
4. Oral Hearings and Rendering of the Verdict (Sözlü Yargılama ve Hükmün Verilmesi)
360
IV. Interim Measures (Geçici Hukuki Korumalar)
360
B. Appeal Procedure After the Launch Date of Regional Courts of Appeal (Provisions in the CCP Law No. 6100)
362
Res. Asst. Nefise Gökçen GÜRCAN
367
II. Scope of Application
368
III. Basic Concepts and Organization of Turkish Execution Law
368
A. Credit–Debt and Creditor–Debtor in the EBC
368
B. The Executive Organization
369
1. Execution Offices (Art. 1 EBC) (İcra Daireleri)
369
2. Execution Courts (Art. 4 EBC) (İcra Mahkemeleri)
369
3. Relevant Chambers of the Supreme Court
371
IV. Complaint Procedure (Art. 16 – 18 EBC) (Şikayet)
371
A. Legal Character and Function of the Complaint Procedure
371
B. Grounds for Complaint
372
1. Unlawfulness of the Execution Offices’ Actions
372
2. Inappropriateness of the Act to the Circumstances
372
3. Failure to Implement a Right
373
4. Impediment of Observance of a Right Without a Cause
373
2. Competence and Venue
374
V. Types of Execution Procedures
374
B. General Attachment Procedure (Art. 46–144 EBC) (Genel Haciz Yoluyla Takip)
375
1. Request for Execution (Art. 58 EBC) (Takip Talebi)
375
2. Order of Payment (Art. 60–61 EBC) (Ödeme Emri)
376
3. Attachment (Art. 78 et seq. EBC)
376
4. Sale of the Attached Goods (Art. 106–137 EBC)
377
5. Reimbursement of the Creditor (Art. 138–144/a EBC)
378
VI. Provisional Attachment Procedure (İhtiyati Haciz)
378
B. Definition and Legal Character of Provisional Attachment
378
C. Conditions of Provisional Attachment
379
1. Provisional Attachment for Due Debts
379
2. Provisional Attachment for Deferred Debts
380
TURKISH BANKRUPTCY AND INSOLVENCY LAW
Res. Asst. Mehmet Akif GÜL
383
I. Turkish Bankruptcy Law
383
a. Fundamental Official Bodies
384
ab. Bankruptcy Office
385
ad. Commercial Court of First Instance
385
b. Subsidiary Official Bodies
386
2. Non–Official Bodies
386
C. Grounds for Bankruptcy
386
II. Turkish Insolvency Law
387
A. Postponement of Bankruptcy (İflâsın Ertelenmesi)
387
1. Grounds for Postponement of Bankruptcy
388
a. Procedural Grounds
388
aa. Declaration of Over–indebtedness
388
ab. Request for Postponement of Bankruptcy
388
ac. Submission of the Balance–Sheet
388
ad. Submission of the Rehabilitation Project
389
ae. Payment of the Costs in Advance
389
af. Not to Have Availed of the Extraordinary Grace Period (Fevkalâde Mühlet)
389
b. Substantive Grounds
389
ba. Over–indebtedness
389
bb. Hope to Ensure the Continuance of the Company
390
bc. Protection of Creditors’ Rights
390
B. Reorganisation (Konkordato)
390
1. Ordinary Reorganisation (Adî Konkordato)
391
a. Reorganisation outside Bankruptcy (İflâs Dışı Konkordato)
391
aa. Reorganisation Proposal
391
ab. Examination of the Reorganisation Proposal
391
ac. Respite for Concordat
391
ad. Results of the Respite for Concordat
392
ae. Annulment of the Respite for Concordat
392
af. Creditors’ Meeting
393
ag. Approval of the Reorganisation Project
393
ah. Annulment of the Reorganisation Project
394
b. Reorganisation within Bankruptcy (İflâs İçi Konkordato)
394
2. Reorganisation by way of Abandonment of the Debtor’s Assets (Malvarlığının Terki Suretiyle Konkordato)
395
C. Restructuring of Capital Stock Companies and Cooperatives by Way of Conciliation (Sermaye Şirketleri ve Kooperatiflerin Uzlaşma Yoluyla Yeniden Yapılandırılması)
396
III. Action for Rescission of Disposition – Actio Pauliana (Tasarrufun İptali Davası)
398
TURKISH PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW
Res. Asst. Kazım ÇINAR
403
SECTION I GENERAL INTRODUCTION
403
SECTION II CONFLICT OF LAWS
405
II. Conflict of Law Provisions
406
SECTION III INTERNATIONAL PROCEDURAL LAW
410
I. Jurisdictional Immunity
410
II. International Jurisdiction of Turkish Courts
411
III. Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments
412
IV. International Arbitration
413
SECTION IV TURKISH CITIZENSHIP LAW
415
II. Acquisition of Turkish Citizenship
415
III. Loss of Turkish Citizenship
417
A. Loss of Turkish citizenship by decision of the competent authority
417
B. Loss of Turkish Citizenship by the use of the right of choice
418
SECTION V LAW OF FOREIGNERS
420
IV. Possession of Land in Turkey
422