Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Code of Civil Procedure

Article 159: Placing documents in the case file and sending the case file elsewhere

Part Three: Written Procedure › Chapter Five: Taking of Evidence and Special Circumstances During the Taking of Evidence › Division Two: Hearing

(1) All petitions and documents relating to the action submitted to the court shall be placed in the case file by the court clerk after being referred to the judge or the chief clerk of the court registry.

(2) Where the case file needs to be sent to another official authority, the judge may, of the judge's own motion or upon request, decide that a certified copy of a document in the case file be sent instead of its original.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 159 · Dosyaya belge konulması ve dosyanın başka yere gönderilmesi

(1) Dava ile ilgili mahkemeye sunulan her türlü dilekçe ve belge hâkim veya yazı işleri müdürüne havale ettirildikten sonra, zabıt kâtibi tarafından dosyasına konulur.

(2) Dosyanın başka bir resmî mercie gönderilmesi gerektiğinde, hâkim resen veya talep üzerine dosyada yer alan bir belgenin aslı yerine onaylı bir örneğinin gönderilmesine karar verebilir.

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

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