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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 744: a. Obligation to tolerate

Book Four: LAW OF PROPERTY › Part One: OWNERSHIP › Chapter Two: IMMOVABLE OWNERSHIP › Division Two: CONTENT AND RESTRICTIONS OF IMMOVABLE OWNERSHIP A. Content of immovable ownership

Every owner of an immovable property shall be obliged, subject to full compensation in advance for all the damage he or she will suffer, to tolerate the passage under or over his or her land of water conduits, drainage channels, pipes for gas and the like, and electric lines and cables, where their passage elsewhere is impossible or excessively costly.

Where the passage of conduits is subject to the rules of expropriation, the neighbour law provisions of this Code relating to conduits shall not apply.

The right to pass a conduit shall be registered in the land register upon the request of the right holder and on condition that he or she pays the costs.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 744 · a. Katlanma yükümlülüğü

Her taşınmaz maliki, uğrayacağı zararın tamamının önceden ödenmesi koşuluyla, su yolu, kurutma kanalı, gaz ve benzerlerine ait boruların, elektrik hat ve kablolarının, başka yerden geçirilmesi olanaksız veya aşırı ölçüde masraflı olduğu takdirde, kendi arazisinin altından veya üstünden geçirilmesine katlanmakla yükümlüdür.

Mecra geçirilmesinin kamulaştırma kurallarına bağlı olması hâlinde, bu Kanunun mecralara ilişkin komşuluk hükümleri uygulanmaz.

Mecrayı geçirme hakkı, hak sahibinin istemi üzerine ve giderleri ödemesi koşuluyla tapu kütüğüne tescil edilir.

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

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