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Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 187: 2. Refusal to perform and deposit

Chapter Five: Changes of Parties in Obligational Relationships › Division One: Assignment of Claims A. Conditions I. Voluntary assignment

The debtor of a claim whose ownership is in dispute may refuse to perform and shall be released from the debt by depositing the subject matter of the claim at the place determined by the judge.

Where the debtor performs despite knowing that the claim is in dispute, he shall be liable for the consequences arising therefrom.

Where the dispute that is the subject of an action has not yet been decided by the court and the debt is due, each of the parties may compel the debtor to deposit the performance.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 187 · 2. İfadan kaçınma ve tevdi

Kime ait olduğu çekişmeli bulunan bir alacağın borçlusu, ifadan kaçınabilir ve alacağın konusunu hâkim tarafından belirlenen yere tevdi etmekle borçtan kurtulur.

Borçlu, alacağın çekişmeli olduğunu bildiği hâlde ifada bulunursa, bundan doğacak sonuçlardan sorumlu olur.

Dava konusu olan çekişme mahkemece henüz sonuca bağlanmamış ve borç da muaccel ise, taraflardan her biri borçluyu, edimi tevdi etmeye zorlayabilir.

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

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