Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 497: 2. Time of payment of the fee, sales accounts and right to free copies

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

The fee shall be paid, if the work is to be published as a whole, in full, and, if it is to be published in parts such as volumes, fascicles or printed sheets, after each part has been printed and made ready for sale.

If the parties have made the fee dependent on the volume of sales, the publisher shall be obliged to keep and draw up sales accounts and to prepare supporting documents in accordance with custom.

Unless otherwise agreed, the grantor shall have the right to receive free of charge such number of copies of the work as is to be given in accordance with custom.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 497 · 2. Bedelin ödenme zamanı, satış hesapları ve bedelsiz alma hakkı

Bedel, eser bütün olarak yayımlanacaksa tamamının; cilt, fasikül, forma gibi bölümler hâlinde yayımlanacaksa, her bölümün basımından ve satışa hazır duruma getirilmesinden sonra ödenir.

Taraflar, bedeli satış miktarına bağlamışlarsa yayımcı, satış hesaplarını tutmak, çıkarmak ve teamüle uygun ispat edici belgeleri hazırlamakla yükümlüdür.

Aksi kararlaştırılmadıkça yayımlatanın, eserden, teamül uyarınca verilmesi gereken miktarda bedelsiz alma hakkı vardır.

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

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