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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 536: e. Persons barred from participating in drawing up

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

Persons lacking capacity to act, persons banned from public service by a decision of a criminal court, persons who are illiterate, the spouse of the deceased, his or her blood relatives in the ascending and descending line, his or her siblings and the spouses of these persons may not participate in drawing up an official will as the official or as witnesses.

No benefit may be conferred by that will on the official and witnesses who participated in drawing up the official will, on their blood relatives in the ascending and descending line, on their siblings or on the spouses of these persons.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 536 · e. Düzenlemeye katılma yasağı

Fiil ehliyeti bulunmayanlar, bir ceza mahkemesi kararıyla kamu hizmetinden yasaklılar, okur yazar olmayanlar, mirasbırakanın eşi, üstsoy ve altsoy kan hısımları, kardeşleri ve bu kişilerin eşleri, resmî vasiyetnamenin düzenlenmesine memur veya tanık olarak katılamazlar.

Resmî vasiyetnamenin düzenlenmesine katılan memura ve tanıklara, bunların üstsoy ve altsoy kan hısımlarına, kardeşlerine ve bu kişilerin eşlerine o vasiyetname ile kazandırmada bulunulamaz.

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

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