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Code of Civil Procedure

Article 245: Obligation to comply with the summons

Part Four: Proof and Evidence › Chapter Four: Witnesses

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions set out in the law, everyone called to testify shall be obliged to appear. A witness who fails to appear without giving an excuse despite having been duly called shall be brought by compulsion, and shall be ordered to pay the expenses caused by the failure to appear and a disciplinary fine of up to five hundred Turkish Liras. If a witness brought by compulsion subsequently reports reasons justifying the earlier failure to appear, the expenses and the disciplinary fine imposed against him or her shall be lifted.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 245 · Çağrıya uyma zorunluluğu

(1) Kanunda gösterilen hükümler saklı kalmak üzere, tanıklık için çağrılan herkes gelmek zorundadır. Usulüne uygun olarak çağrıldığı hâlde mazeret bildirmeksizin gelmeyen tanık zorla getirtilir, gelmemesinin sebep olduğu giderlere ve beşyüz Türk Lirasına kadar disiplin para cezasına hükmolunur. Zorla getirtilen tanık, evvelce gelmemesini haklı gösterecek sebepleri sonradan bildirirse, aleyhine hükmedilen giderler ve disiplin para cezası kaldırılır.

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

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