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Code of Civil Procedure

Article 12: Jurisdiction in actions arising from rights in rem over immovables

Chapter One: Subject-Matter Jurisdiction, Territorial Jurisdiction and Determination of the Forum › Division Two: Territorial Jurisdiction

(1) In actions concerning a right in rem over an immovable or which may lead to a change in the holding of a right in rem, and in actions concerning the possession of an immovable or the right of retention, the court of the place where the immovable is located shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

(2) Actions concerning servitudes shall be brought in the court of the place where the immovable over which the servitude is established is located.

(3) If these actions concern more than one immovable, they may be brought, in respect of all the others as well, in the place where one of the immovables is located.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 12 · Taşınmazın aynından doğan davalarda yetki

(1) Taşınmaz üzerindeki ayni hakka ilişkin veya ayni hak sahipliğinde değişikliğe yol açabilecek davalar ile taşınmazın zilyetliğine yahut alıkoyma hakkına ilişkin davalarda, taşınmazın bulunduğu yer mahkemesi kesin yetkilidir.

(2) İrtifak haklarına ilişkin davalar, üzerinde irtifak hakkı kurulan taşınmazın bulunduğu yer mahkemesinde açılır.

(3) Bu davalar, birden fazla taşınmaza ilişkinse, taşınmazlardan birinin bulunduğu yerde, diğerleri hakkında da açılabilir.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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