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Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 188: 3. Defences of the debtor

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

The debtor may raise against the assignee the defences that he had against the assignor at the time he learned of the assignment.

The debtor may set off against his debt a claim which was not due at the moment he learned of the assignment, provided that it becomes due before or at the same time as the assigned claim.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 188 · 3. Borçluya ait savunmalar

Borçlu, devri öğrendiği sırada devredene karşı sahip olduğu savunmaları, devralana karşı da ileri sürebilir.

Borçlu, devri öğrendiği anda muaccel olmayan alacağını, devredilen alacaktan önce veya onunla aynı anda muaccel olması koşuluyla borcu ile takas edebilir.

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

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