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Law No. 6183 on the Procedure for the Collection of Public Receivables

Article 105

Part One: General Principles › Chapter One: Scope of the Law, terms, officers charged and competent persons

Public receivables assessed in the name of persons who have lost at least one third of their assets and crops which suffered damage as a result of fire, earthquake, landslide, flood, drought, frost, invasion of harmful animals and insects and similar disasters, and relating to the sources of income damaged by the disasters, shall be cancelled in part or in full by decision of the President of the Republic.

In order to benefit from the provision of this Article, it is necessary to apply in writing to the relevant public administration within 6 months from the date of occurrence of the disaster.

Whether damage falling within the scope of this Article exists shall be determined by the local provincial or district administrative boards, and the degree of the damage shall be determined by the relevant public administrations within the principles to be specified generally by the Ministry of Finance.

With respect to public receivables falling within the scope of the Tax Procedure Law, the provisions of Article 105 of that Law shall apply.

Cancellation due to impossibility of collection:

Original Turkish text

MADDE 105

Yangın, yer sarsıntısı, yer kayması, su basması, kuraklık, don, zararlı hayvan ve haşarat istilası ve bunlara benziyen afetler yüzünden zarara maruz kalan varlıklarının ve mahsullerinin en az üçte birini kaybedenler adına tahakkuk ettirilmiş ve afetlerin zarar verdiği gelir kaynakları ile ilgili amme alacakları Cumhurbaşkanı karariyle kısmen veya tamamen terkin olunur.

Bu madde hükmünden faydalanmak için afetin vukuu tarihinden itibaren 6 ay içinde ilgili amme idaresine yazı ile müracaat edilmesi şarttır.

Bu madde şümulüne giren bir zararın mevcut olup olmadığı mahalli il veya ilçe idare kurullarınca, zararın derecesi, Maliye Vekaletince genel olarak belirtilecek esaslar dahilinde ilgili amme idarelerince tesbit olunur.

Vergi Usul Kanunu mevzuuna giren amme alacakları hakkında mezkür kanunun 105 inci maddesi hükümleri tatbik olunur.

Tahsil imkansızlığı sebebiyle terkin:

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

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