Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 242: 3. Exercise and effects

Part Two: Special Obligational Relationships › Chapter One: Contract of Sale › Division Three: Sale of Immovable Property and Rights Giving Rise to a Sales Relationship

A holder who wishes to exercise a contractual right of pre-emption must bring an action, against the buyer where the right has been annotated and ownership of the immovable property has been registered in the name of the buyer, and otherwise against the seller, within three months from the date on which the sale or another transaction economically equivalent to a sale was notified to the holder, and in any event within two years from the conclusion of the sale.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 242 · 3. Kullanılması ve hükümleri

Sözleşmeden doğan önalım hakkını kullanmak isteyen hak sahibi, bu hak şerhedilmiş ve taşınmazın mülkiyeti alıcı adına tescil edilmişse alıcıya; aksi takdirde satıcıya karşı, satışın veya ekonomik bakımdan satışa eşdeğer başka bir işlemin kendisine bildirildiği tarihten başlayarak üç ay ve her hâlde satışın yapılmasından başlayarak iki yıl içinde dava açmak zorundadır.

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

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