Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Code of Civil Procedure

Article 214: Effect of civil and criminal court decisions on forgery

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

(1) After a decision of a civil court that a document is not forged has become final, an allegation of forgery concerning that document shall not be heard in a criminal court either.

(2) The fact that a criminal court has rendered a decision that there is no ground for imposing a penalty on the person who drew up the document, or a decision of acquittal, shall not prevent the civil court from examining the forgery of the document.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 214 · Sahtelik hakkında hukuk ve ceza mahkemesi kararlarının etkisi

(1) Belgenin sahte olmadığına dair hukuk mahkemesince verilen karar kesinleştikten sonra, söz konusu belge hakkında ceza mahkemesinde de sahtelik iddiası dinlenmez.

(2) Ceza mahkemesince belgeyi düzenleyen hakkında ceza verilmesine yer olmadığı ya da beraat kararı verilmiş olması, hukuk mahkemesinin belgenin sahteliğini incelemesini engellemez.

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

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