Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 516: I. Definition and form

Part Two: Special Obligational Relationships › Chapter Nine: Mandate Relationships › Division Two: Letter of Credit and Credit Mandate

If a person has received and accepted an instruction to open or renew credit for a third party in his own name and for his own account under the liability of the person giving the credit mandate, the person giving the mandate shall be liable for the credit debt as a surety, provided that the person to whom the credit mandate was given does not exceed his mandate. However, the person giving the mandate shall not be liable unless the credit mandate is in writing.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 516 · I. Tanımı ve şekli

Bir kimse kendi adına ve hesabına kredi emri verenin sorumluluğu altında bir üçüncü kişiye kredi açmak veya krediyi yenilemek için emir almış ve kabul etmişse, kredi emri verilen vekâletini aşmadıkça emri veren, kredi borcundan kefil gibi sorumlu olur. Ancak, kredi emri yazılı olmadıkça emri veren sorumlu olmaz.

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

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