Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Code of Civil Procedure

Article 34: Grounds for disqualification

Chapter Three: Disqualification, Challenge and Civil Liability of Judges › Division One: Disqualification of the Judge from Hearing the Action and Challenge of the Judge

(1) The judge may not hear the action in the following cases and shall be obliged to withdraw even in the absence of a request:

a) In an action of his or her own or in which he or she is directly or indirectly concerned.

b) In an action of his or her spouse, even if the marriage bond between them has ended.

c) In an action of his or her own descendants or ascendants or those of his or her spouse.

ç) In an action of a person with whom he or she has a bond of adoption.

d) In an action of persons related to him or her by blood up to and including the third degree, or by affinity, even if the marriage bond establishing the affinity has ended.

e) In an action of his or her fiancé or fiancée.

f) In an action in which he or she has acted as representative, guardian, curator or legal adviser of one of the two parties.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 34 · Yasaklılık sebepleri

(1) Hâkim, aşağıdaki hâllerde davaya bakamaz; talep olmasa bile çekinmek zorundadır:

a) Kendisine ait olan veya doğrudan doğruya ya da dolayısıyla ilgili olduğu davada.

b) Aralarında evlilik bağı kalksa bile eşinin davasında.

c) Kendisi veya eşinin altsoy veya üstsoyunun davasında.

ç) Kendisi ile arasında evlatlık bağı bulunanın davasında.

d) Üçüncü derece de dâhil olmak üzere kan veya kendisini oluşturan evlilik bağı kalksa dahi kayın hısımlığı bulunanların davasında.

e) Nişanlısının davasında.

f) İki taraftan birinin vekili, vasisi, kayyımı veya yasal danışmanı sıfatıyla hareket ettiği davada.

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

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