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Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 586: 2. Joint and several suretyship

Part Two: Special Obligational Relationships › Chapter Fifteen: Contract of Suretyship

Where the surety has agreed to assume the obligation as a joint and several surety or by any expression to that effect, the creditor may pursue the surety without pursuing the debtor or realising an immovable pledge. However, for this purpose, the debtor must be in default of performance and a demand must have remained without result, or the debtor must be manifestly insolvent.

Where the claim is secured by a possessory pledge of movables or a pledge of receivables, recourse may not be had against the surety before the realisation of the pledge. However, recourse may be had against the surety even before the realisation of the pledge where it has been determined in advance by the judge that the claim cannot be fully satisfied through the realisation of the pledge, or where the debtor has become bankrupt or has been granted a concordat moratorium.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 586 · 2. Müteselsil kefalet

Kefil, müteselsil kefil sıfatıyla veya bu anlama gelen herhangi bir ifadeyle yükümlülük altına girmeyi kabul etmişse alacaklı, borçluyu takip etmeden veya taşınmaz rehnini paraya çevirmeden kefili takip edebilir. Ancak, bunun için borçlunun, ifada gecikmesi ve ihtarın sonuçsuz kalması veya açıkça ödeme güçsüzlüğü içinde olması gerekir.

Alacak, teslime bağlı taşınır rehni veya alacak rehni ile güvenceye alınmışsa, rehnin paraya çevrilmesinden önce kefile başvurulamaz. Ancak, alacağın rehnin paraya çevrilmesi yoluyla tamamen karşılanamayacağının önceden hâkim tarafından belirlenmesi veya borçlunun iflas etmesi ya da konkordato mehli verilmesi hâllerinde, rehnin paraya çevrilmesinden önce de kefile başvurulabilir.

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

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