Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 547: I. Definition and grant of authority

Part Two: Special Obligational Relationships › Chapter Twelve: Commercial Representatives, Commercial Agents and Other Auxiliaries of a Merchant A. Commercial representative

A commercial representative is a person whom the owner of a business has expressly or tacitly authorised to manage the commercial enterprise and to represent the owner, with commercial power of representation, under the trade name in transactions relating to the enterprise.

The owner of the business must have the grant of commercial representative authority registered in the trade registry; however, the liability of the owner of the commercial enterprise for the acts of the commercial representative shall not depend on such registration having been made.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 547 · I. Tanımı ve yetki verilmesi

Ticari temsilci, işletme sahibinin, ticari işletmeyi yönetmek ve işletmeye ilişkin işlemlerde ticaret unvanı altında, ticari temsil yetkisi ile kendisini temsil etmek üzere, açıkça ya da örtülü olarak yetki verdiği kişidir.

İşletme sahibi, ticari temsilcilik yetkisi verildiğini ticaret siciline tescil ettirmek zorundadır; ancak ticari işletme sahibinin ticari temsilcinin fiillerinden sorumluluğu, tescilin yapılmış olmasına bağlı değildir.

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

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