Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004

Article 53

Proceedings for debts of the estate shall be postponed for three days, including the day of death. If the heir has not accepted or renounced the inheritance, the proceedings shall remain postponed until the periods prescribed for this purpose in the Civil Code have expired.

Where the debtor dies during the enforcement proceedings, if the estate has not yet been partitioned or subjected to official liquidation, or a family company has not been established among the heirs, the proceedings shall continue against the estate according to whichever procedure would have applied had the debtor been alive.

The continuation of such proceedings against the heir is possible only by way of realisation of pledge or by way of attachment.

4 – In the event of pre-trial detention or conviction:

Original Turkish text

MADDE 53

Terekenin borçlarından dolayı ölüm günü ile beraber üç gün içinde takip geri bırakılır. Mirasçı mirası kabul veya reddetmemişse bu hususta Kanunu Medenide muayyen müddetler geçinceye kadar takip geri kalır.

İcra takibi sırasında borçlu öldüğünde tereke henüz taksim edilmemiş veya resmi tasfiyeye tabi tutulmamış yahut mirasçılar arasında aile şirketi tesis olunmamışsa borçlu hayatta olsaydı hangi usul tatbik olunacak idi ise terekeye karşı ona göre takip devam eder.

Bu takibin mirasçıya karşı devam edebilmesi ancak rehinin paraya çevrilmesi veya haciz yollariyle kabildir.

4 – Tutukluluk ve hükümlülük halinde:

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

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