Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004

Article 43

Amended: 18/2/1965, Law No. 538, Art. 21

Proceedings by way of bankruptcy may be conducted only against natural or legal persons who are deemed merchants under the Commercial Code or are subject to the provisions concerning merchants, and against those who, although not merchants, are declared by their special laws to be subject to bankruptcy. However, the creditor may also conduct proceedings against such persons by way of attachment.

A creditor who has chosen one of these ways may, once only, abandon that way and apply afresh to the other without paying a fee.

Those who abandon trade:

Original Turkish text

MADDE 43

(Değişik 18/2/1965-538/21 md.)

İflas yolu ile takip, ancak Ticaret Kanunu gereğince tacir sayılan veya tacirler hakındaki hükümlere tabi bulunanlar ile özel kanunlarına göre tacir olmadıkları halde iflasa tabi bulundukları bildirilen hakiki veya hükmi şahıslar hakkında yapılır. Şu kadar ki, alacaklı bu kimseler hakkında haciz yolu ile de takipte bulunabilir.

Bu yollardan birini seçen alacaklı bir defaya mahsus olmak üzere o yolu bırakıp harc ödemeksizin diğerine yeni baştan müracaat edebilir.

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

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