Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Code of Civil Procedure

Article 201: Prohibition of proof by witnesses against a deed

Part Four: Proof and Evidence › Chapter Two: Documents and Deeds

(1) Legal transactions asserted against any kind of claim based on a deed and which are of a nature to eliminate or reduce the effect and force of the deed may not be proven by witnesses, even if they concern an amount less than two thousand five hundred Turkish Liras.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 201 · Senede karşı tanıkla ispat yasağı

(1) Senede bağlı her çeşit iddiaya karşı ileri sürülen ve senedin hüküm ve kuvvetini ortadan kaldıracak veya azaltacak nitelikte bulunan hukuki işlemler ikibinbeşyüz Türk Lirasından az bir miktara ait olsa bile tanıkla ispat olunamaz.

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

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