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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 181: VII. Inheritance rights

Book Two: FAMILY LAW › Part One: LAW OF MARRIAGE › Chapter Two: DIVORCE A. Grounds for divorce

Divorced spouses may not, in that capacity, be statutory heirs of each other and shall lose the rights conferred on them by dispositions mortis causa made before the divorce, unless the contrary appears from the disposition.

Amended paragraph 2: 31/3/2011, Law No. 6217, Art. 19 The provision of the paragraph above shall also apply where, while the divorce action is pending, one of the heirs of the deceased spouse continues the action and the fault of the other spouse is proven.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 181 · VII. Miras hakları

Boşanan eşler, bu sıfatla birbirlerinin yasal mirasçısı olamazlar ve boşanmadan önce yapılmış olan ölüme bağlı tasarruflarla kendilerine sağlanan hakları, aksi tasarruftan anlaşılmadıkça, kaybederler.

(Değişik ikinci fıkra: 31/3/2011-6217/19 md.) Boşanma davası devam ederken, ölen eşin mirasçılarından birisinin davaya devam etmesi ve diğer eşin kusurunun ispatlanması hâlinde de yukarıdaki fıkra hükmü uygulanır.

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

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