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

Article 83

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

Debtors, possessors and trustworthy persons are obliged to return the property left with them under Article 82 immediately upon the first request of the creditor public administrations and in the condition it was in when delivered to them.

Those who fail to fulfil this obligation shall, in addition to the criminal proceedings to be brought against them, unless they prove that such property perished or was lost due to a cause not attributable to them, be deemed indebted in the amount of the value of the property not returned and shall be pursued in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Sale of movable property:

Original Turkish text

MADDE 83

Borçlular, zilyedler, güvenilir şahıslar 82 nci madde gereğince kendilerine bırakılan malları, alacaklı amme idarelerince yapılacak ilk talep üzerine derhal ve kendilerine teslim edildiği zamanki durumları ile geri vermek mecburiyetindedirler.

Bu mecburiyeti yerine getirmiyenler, haklarında yapılacak ceza takibinden başka, bu malların kendilerine atfolunamıyacak bir sebepten dolayı telef veya zayi olduğunu ispat edemedikleri takdirde, geri verilmiyen malların değerleri tutarınca borçlu sayılıp bu kanun hükümleri gereğince takip olunurlar.

Menkul malların satışı:

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

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