Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004

Article 203

If the bankruptcy proceedings of persons who jointly undertook a debt coincide in time, the creditor may claim the whole of his claim from the estate of each of the bankrupts.

If the shares collected exceed the total of the claim, this excess shall pass to the estates that paid more than the share for which they were liable towards their co-debtor.

As long as the total of the shares they paid does not exceed the amount of the claim, the estates shall have no right of recourse against one another.

Partial payment of the debt by a co-debtor of the bankrupt:

Original Turkish text

MADDE 203

Bir borcu birlikte taahhüt edenlerin iflas muameleleri bir zamana tesadüf ederse alacaklı alacağının tamamını müflislerin her birinin masasından istiyebilir.

Toplanan hisseler alacak yekünundan fazla ise bu fazla müşterek borçlusuna karşı mükellef olduğu hisseden ziyade ödemede bulunmuş olan masalara intikal eder.

Ödedikleri hisselerin mecmuu alacak miktarını geçmedikçe masaların yekdiğerine rücu hakları yoktur.

Müflisle birlikte borçlu tarafından borcun kısmen ödenmesi:

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

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