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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 535: d. Drawing up without reading and signing by the deceased

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

If the deceased is unable personally to read or sign the will, the official shall read the will to him or her in the presence of two witnesses, whereupon the deceased shall declare that the will contains his or her last wishes.

In this case, the witnesses shall write, or have written, on the will both that the declaration of the deceased was made before them and that they considered him or her to have the capacity to dispose, and that the will was read to the deceased by the official in their presence and that the deceased declared that the will contains his or her last wishes, and shall sign below.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 535 · d. Mirasbırakan tarafından okunmaksızın ve imzalanmaksızın düzenleme

Mirasbırakan vasiyetnameyi bizzat okuyamaz veya imzalayamazsa, memur vasiyetnameyi iki tanığın önünde ona okur ve bunun üzerine mirasbırakan vasiyetnamenin son arzularını içerdiğini beyan eder.

Bu durumda tanıklar, hem mirasbırakanın beyanının kendi önlerinde yapıldığını ve onu tasarrufa ehil gördüklerini; hem vasiyetnamenin kendi önlerinde memur tarafından mirasbırakana okunduğunu ve onun vasiyetnamenin son arzularını içerdiğini beyan ettiğini vasiyetnameye yazarak veya yazdırarak altını imzalarlar.

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

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