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Turkish Civil Code (Law No. 4721)

Article 883: 1. Right to request cancellation of the mortgage

Book Four: LAW OF PROPERTY › Part Two: LIMITED RIGHTS IN REM › Chapter Two: CHARGES ON IMMOVABLE PROPERTY › Division Two: MORTGAGE

When the claim is extinguished, the owner of the mortgaged immovable may require the creditor to have the mortgage cancelled.

Added paragraph: 4/7/2019, Law No. 7181, Art. 19 If the mortgage has been created for a fixed term and the annotation specified in Article 150/c of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Law No. 2004 dated 9/6/1932 is not entered on the mortgaged immovable within thirty days from the expiry of the term, the mortgage shall be cancelled by the land registry directorate upon the owner's request.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 883 · 1. İpoteğin terkinini isteme hakkı

Alacak sona erince ipotekli taşınmazın maliki, alacaklıdan ipoteği terkin ettirmesini isteyebilir.

(Ek fıkra:4/7/2019-7181/19 md.) İpotek süreli olarak kurulmuşsa, sürenin bitiminden itibaren otuz gün içinde ipotekli taşınmaz üzerinde 9/6/1932 tarihli ve 2004 sayılı İcra ve İflas Kanununun 150/c maddesinde belirtilen şerhin konulmaması hâlinde ipotek, malikin talebiyle tapu müdürlüğünce terkin edilir.

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

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