Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 147: III. Restriction or extinction of the right of action

Book Two: FAMILY LAW › Part One: LAW OF MARRIAGE › Chapter One: MARRIAGE › Division Four: VOID MARRIAGES A. Absolute nullity

The absolute nullity of a marriage that has ended may not be sued for ex officio by the public prosecutor; however, any interested person may request that the absolute nullity be adjudicated.

Where the capacity of discernment has subsequently been acquired or the mental illness has been cured, an action for absolute nullity may be brought only by the spouse who has subsequently acquired the capacity of discernment or whose mental illness has been cured.

Where a person who remarried while still married had his or her previous marriage ended before a decision of absolute nullity was rendered and the other spouse in the second marriage was in good faith, the nullity of this marriage may not be decided.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 147 · III. Dava hakkının sınırlanması veya kalkması

Sona ermiş bir evliliğin mutlak butlanı Cumhuriyet savcısı tarafından re'sen dava edilemez; fakat her ilgili, mutlak butlanın karar altına alınmasını isteyebilir.

Ayırt etme gücünün sonradan kazanılması veya akıl hastalığının iyileşmiş olması durumlarında mutlak butlan davasını yalnız ayırt etme gücünü sonradan kazanan veya akıl hastalığı iyileşen eş açabilir.

Evliyken yeniden evlenen bir kimsenin önceki evliliği mutlak butlan kararı verilmeden önce sona ermişse ve ikinci evlenmede diğer eş iyiniyetli ise, bu evlenmenin butlanına karar verilemez.

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

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