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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 755: 2. Land improvement

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

Where improvement works such as the regulation of watercourses, irrigation, the draining of marshland, the opening of roads, afforestation and land consolidation can be carried out only through the joint undertaking of the owners concerned, a decision to that effect must be taken by two thirds of the owners, on condition that they own more than half of the land. The other owners shall also be obliged to comply with this decision. The decision taken shall be indicated in the declarations column of the land register.

The provisions of special laws on these matters are reserved.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 755 · 2. Toprağın iyileştirilmesi

Su yollarını düzeltme, sulama, bataklık yerlerini kurutma, yol açma, orman yetiştirme, arazileri toplulaştırma gibi iyileştirme işleri, ancak ilgili maliklerin ortak girişimleriyle yapılabilecekse, arazinin yarısından fazlasına sahip bulunmak koşuluyla maliklerin üçte ikisinin bu yolda karar vermeleri gerekir. Diğer malikler de bu karara uymak zorundadır. Alınan karar, tapu kütüğünün beyanlar sütununda gösterilir.

Bu konulara ilişkin özel kanun hükümleri saklıdır.

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

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