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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 748: b. Other rights of way

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

The right of the owner of an immovable property to enter a neighbouring immovable property temporarily for the purpose of operating or improving his or her immovable property or constructing a building thereon, as well as field paths, cattle watering paths, winter passages, log sliding paths and chutes, and other similar passages, shall be subject to the provisions of special laws.

In the absence of a provision of special law, local custom shall apply.

Rights of way arising directly from the law come into existence without registration in the land register. However, those of a permanent nature shall be indicated in the declarations column.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 748 · b. Diğer geçit hakları

Taşınmaz malikinin taşınmazını işletme veya iyileştirme ya da taşınmazı üzerinde yapı yapma amacıyla komşu taşınmaza geçici olarak girme hakkı ile tarla yolu, hayvan sulama yolu, kış geçidi, tomruk kaydırma yolu ve oluğu ve bunlara benzer diğer geçitler özel kanun hükümlerine tâbidir.

Özel kanun hükmü yoksa yerel âdet uygulanır.

Doğrudan doğruya kanundan kaynaklanan geçit hakları, tapu kütüğüne tescil edilmeksizin doğar. Ancak, bunlardan sürekli nitelikte olanlar beyanlar sütununda gösterilir.

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

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