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Code of Civil Procedure

Article 19: Raising the objection to territorial jurisdiction

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

(1) In actions where jurisdiction is exclusive, the court shall be obliged to examine of its own motion, until the end of the action, whether it has jurisdiction; the parties may also assert at any time that the court lacks jurisdiction.

(2) In actions where jurisdiction is not exclusive, the objection to territorial jurisdiction must be raised in the statement of defence. The party raising the objection to territorial jurisdiction shall indicate the court having jurisdiction and, if there is more than one court having jurisdiction, the court of its choice. Otherwise, the objection to territorial jurisdiction shall not be taken into consideration.

(3) In its decision of lack of territorial jurisdiction, the court shall also indicate the court having jurisdiction.

(4) In actions where jurisdiction is not exclusive, if the defendant does not raise an objection to territorial jurisdiction in due time and in the proper manner, the court in which the action was brought shall acquire jurisdiction.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 19 · Yetki itirazının ileri sürülmesi

(1) Yetkinin kesin olduğu davalarda, mahkeme yetkili olup olmadığını, davanın sonuna kadar kendiliğinden araştırmak zorundadır; taraflar da mahkemenin yetkisiz olduğunu her zaman ileri sürebilir.

(2) Yetkinin kesin olmadığı davalarda, yetki itirazının, cevap dilekçesinde ileri sürülmesi gerekir. Yetki itirazında bulunan taraf, yetkili mahkemeyi; birden fazla yetkili mahkeme varsa seçtiği mahkemeyi bildirir. Aksi takdirde yetki itirazı dikkate alınmaz.

(3) Mahkeme, yetkisizlik kararında yetkili mahkemeyi de gösterir.

(4) Yetkinin kesin olmadığı davalarda, davalı, süresi içinde ve usulüne uygun olarak yetki itirazında bulunmazsa, davanın açıldığı mahkeme yetkili hâle gelir.

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

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