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Code on Private International and Procedural Law

Article 42: Certain actions concerning the personal status of foreigners

Part Two: International Civil Procedure › Chapter One: International Jurisdiction of Turkish Courts

(1) Orders of guardianship, curatorship, interdiction, absence and presumption of death concerning a foreigner who has no domicile in Türkiye shall be made by the court of the place where the person concerned resides in Türkiye or, if he or she does not reside in Türkiye, by the court of the place where his or her assets are located.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 42 · Yabancıların kişi hâllerine ilişkin bazı davalar

(1) Türkiye'de yerleşim yeri bulunmayan yabancı hakkında vesâyet, kayyımlık, kısıtlılık, gaiplik ve ölmüş sayılma kararları ilgilinin Türkiye'de sâkin olduğu yer, sâkin değilse mallarının bulunduğu yer mahkemesince verilir.

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

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