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Code of Civil Procedure

Article 182: Amendment in bad faith

Part Three: Written Procedure › Chapter Five: Taking of Evidence and Special Circumstances During the Taking of Evidence › Division Six: Amendment of Procedural Acts and Correction of Clerical Errors

(1) If it is understood from evidence or indications that the amendment was made with bad-faith intentions, such as prolonging the action or harassing the opposing party, the court shall render its decision without taking the amendment into account. In addition, the judge shall order the party resorting to amendment in bad faith to pay all damage suffered by the opposing party as a result and shall impose on that party a disciplinary fine of five hundred Turkish Liras to five thousand Turkish Liras.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 182 · Kötüniyetli ıslah

(1) Islahın davayı uzatmak veya karşı tarafı rahatsız etmek gibi kötüniyetli düşüncelerle yapıldığı deliller veya belirtilerle anlaşılırsa, mahkeme, ıslahı dikkate almadan karar verir. Ayrıca hâkim, kötüniyetle ıslaha başvuranı, karşı tarafın bu yüzden uğradığı bütün zararlarını ödemeye ve beşyüz Türk Lirasından beşbin Türk Lirasına kadar disiplin para cezasına mahkûm eder.

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

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