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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 534: c. Participation of witnesses

Book Three: LAW OF SUCCESSION › Part One: HEIRS › Chapter Two: DISPOSITIONS UPON DEATH › Division Four: FORMS OF DISPOSITIONS UPON DEATH A. Will I. Forms

Immediately after the will has been dated and signed, the deceased shall declare to two witnesses, in the presence of the official, that he or she has read the will and that it contains his or her last wishes.

The witnesses shall write, or have written, on the will that this declaration was made before them and that they considered the deceased to have the capacity to dispose, and shall sign below.

It shall not be mandatory to disclose the content of the will to the witnesses.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 534 · c. Tanıkların katılması

Vasiyetnameye tarih ve imza konulduktan hemen sonra mirasbırakan, vasiyetnameyi okuduğunu, bunun son arzularını içerdiğini memurun huzurunda iki tanığa beyan eder.

Tanıklar, bu beyanın kendi önlerinde yapıldığını ve mirasbırakanı tasarrufa ehil gördüklerini vasiyetnameye yazarak veya yazdırarak altını imzalarlar.

Vasiyetname içeriğinin tanıklara bildirilmesi zorunlu değildir.

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

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