Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Code of Civil Procedure

Article 14: Jurisdiction in actions concerning branches and legal persons

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

(1) In actions arising from the transactions of a branch, the court of the place where that branch is located shall also have jurisdiction.

(2) For actions to be brought by legal persons governed by private law against one of their partners or members, or by a partner or member in that capacity against the others, limited to partnership or membership relations, the court of the place where the seat of the legal person concerned is located shall have exclusive jurisdiction.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 14 · Şubeler ve tüzel kişilerle ilgili davalarda yetki

(1) Bir şubenin işlemlerinden doğan davalarda, o şubenin bulunduğu yer mahkemesi de yetkilidir.

(2) Özel hukuk tüzel kişilerinin, ortaklık veya üyelik ilişkileriyle sınırlı olmak kaydıyla, bir ortağına veya üyesine karşı veya bir ortağın yahut üyenin bu sıfatla diğerlerine karşı açacakları davalar için, ilgili tüzel kişinin merkezinin bulunduğu yer mahkemesi kesin yetkilidir.

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

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