> Original Turkish text of the statuteLANDMARK RULINGS BY THE TURKISH COURT OF CASSATION:
Decision of the Court of Cassation Civil Chamber No 11: Case No: 2012/18434, Decision No: 2013/644, Date: 14.01.2013
Summary: The court has jurisdiction to arrest the ship anchored in Turkey (Istanbul).
> Original Turkish text of the judgmentDecision of the Court of Cassation Civil Chamber No 22: Case No: 2016/30210, Decision No: 2016/29459, Date: 28.12.2016
Summary: Civil Chamber No 22 of the Court of Cassation, in quashing the first-instance court’s order dismissing on procedural grounds for lack of legal interest part of a labour claim brought as an unquantified claim action, clarifies the scope of the unquantified claim action introduced in the 2011 Code of Civil Procedure.
> Original Turkish text of the judgmentDecision of the Joint Civil Chambers of the Court of Cassation: Case No: 2017/12-329, Decision No: 2017/912, Date: 03.05.2017
Summary: The judge must of his own motion characterize the claim as either a claim of non-attachability or a claim of ownership as regulated under the Law on Enforcement and Bankruptcy regardless of the assertions made and relief sought by the parties.
> Original Turkish text of the judgmentDecision of the Joint Civil Chambers of the Court of Cassation: Case No: 2013/1626, Decision No: 2015/1187, Date: 08.04.2015
Summary: The judgment provides clarity as to the provision in the Code of Obligations whereby the penal case time limitation is applied to claims in respect of a tort which also constitutes a crime.
> Original Turkish text of the judgment