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Turkish Code of Obligations

Article 616: I. Termination with notice

Part Two: Special Obligational Relationships › Chapter Seventeen: Life Annuity and Lifetime Maintenance Contracts › Division Two: Lifetime Maintenance Contract

If there is a significant disproportion between the performances of the parties and the party receiving more cannot prove that the intention was to make a gift to him or her, the other party may terminate the contract at any time by giving six months' notice. In determining this disproportion, the difference between the capital value corresponding to the value of what was given to the maintenance debtor and the annuity that would be settled by the relevant social security institution shall be taken as the basis.

The performances rendered during the period up to the time of termination of the contract shall be assessed together with capital and interest, and shall be returned to the party which emerges as creditor as a result of the balancing.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 616 · I. Önel verilerek fesih

Tarafların edimleri arasında önemli ölçüde oransızlık bulunur ve fazla alan taraf kendisine bağışta bulunulma amacı güdüldüğünü ispat edemezse diğer taraf, altı ay önce bildirimde bulunmak koşuluyla, sözleşmeyi her zaman feshedebilir. Bu oransızlığın tespitinde, ilgili sosyal güvenlik kurumunca, bakım borçlusuna verilenin değerine denk düşen anapara değeri ile bağlanacak irat arasındaki fark esas alınır.

Sözleşmenin sona erdirilmesi anına kadar geçen sürede ifa edilmiş edimler, anapara ve faiziyle birlikte değerlendirilerek, denkleştirme sonucunda alacaklı çıkan tarafa geri verilir.

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

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