Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 487: A. Definition

Part Two: Special Obligational Relationships › Chapter Eight: Publishing Contract

A publishing contract is a contract whereby the author of an intellectual and artistic work, or his successor, undertakes to entrust that work to a publisher for publication, and the publisher undertakes to reproduce and publish it.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 487 · A. Tanımı

Yayım sözleşmesi, bir fikir ve sanat eseri sahibinin veya halefinin, o eseri yayımlanmak üzere yayımcıya bırakmayı, yayımcının da onu çoğaltarak yayımlamayı üstlendiği sözleşmedir.

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

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