The Capacity To Have Rights And Acts Of Foreign Citizens In Turkey

The Capacity To Have Rights And Acts Of Foreign Citizens In Turkey

The capacity to have rights and acts is subject to the national law of the person concerned.

A person who is incapacitated according to his national law shall be bound by the legal transaction if he is competent according to the law of the country where the transaction is made. Family law, inheritance law and transactions relating to rights in rem on immovable property in another country are excluded from this provision.

The maturity acquired by a person according to his national law shall not be terminated by a change of nationality.

The rights and capacity to act of legal persons or communities of persons or property shall be governed by the law of the seat of administration in their status. However, if the de facto administrative center is located in Turkey, Turkish law may be applied.

The capacity of legal persons without a statute and of persons or property communities without legal personality shall be governed by the law of the de facto seat of administration