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Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 155: II. Effect on co-debtors

Chapter Three: Extinction of Obligations and Obligatory Relationships, Limitation › Division Two: Limitation A. Periods

Where limitation is interrupted against one of the joint and several debtors or one of the debtors of an indivisible obligation, it shall also be interrupted against the others.

Where limitation is interrupted against the principal debtor, it shall also be interrupted against the surety.

Where limitation is interrupted against the surety, it shall not be interrupted against the principal debtor.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 155 · II. Birlikte borçlulara etkisi

Zamanaşımı müteselsil borçlulardan veya bölünemeyen borcun borçlularından birine karşı kesilince, diğerlerine karşı da kesilmiş olur.

Zamanaşımı asıl borçluya karşı kesilince, kefile karşı da kesilmiş olur.

Zamanaşımı kefile karşı kesilince, asıl borçluya karşı kesilmiş olmaz.

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

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