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Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 601: IV. In a suretyship without a fixed term

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

In a suretyship without a fixed term, when the principal debt becomes due, the surety may, in an ordinary suretyship at any time and in a joint and several suretyship in the cases provided by law, request the creditor to exercise his rights of action and enforcement against the debtor within one month, to initiate enforcement proceedings by way of realisation of the pledge, if any, and to continue the proceedings without interruption.

Where the debt is to become due as a result of notice to be given by the creditor to the debtor, the surety may, one year after the date of conclusion of the contract of suretyship, request the creditor to give such notice and, once the debt has thus become due, to exercise his rights of enforcement and action in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.

If the creditor does not comply with these requests of the surety, the surety shall be released from his obligation.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 601 · IV. Süreli olmayan kefalette

Süreli olmayan kefalette kefil, asıl borç muaccel olunca, adi kefalette her zaman ve müteselsil kefalette ise, kanunun öngördüğü hâllerde, alacaklıdan, bir ay içinde borçluya karşı dava ve takip haklarını kullanmasını, varsa rehnin paraya çevrilmesi yoluyla takibe geçmesini ve ara vermeden takibe devam etmesini isteyebilir.

Borç, alacaklının borçluya yapacağı bildirim sonucunda muaccel olacaksa kefil, kefalet sözleşmesinin kurulduğu tarihten bir yıl sonra alacaklıdan, bu bildirimi yapmasını ve borç bu suretle muaccel olunca, yukarıdaki fıkra hükümleri uyarınca takip ve dava haklarını kullanmasını isteyebilir.

Alacaklı, kefilin bu istemlerini yerine getirmezse, kefil borcundan kurtulur.

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

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