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Is a debt in Türkiye time-barred? Limitation period checker

For suppliers, lenders and other creditors owed money by a company or person in Türkiye. Choose what the claim rests on, enter its due date and anything that has happened since, and the tool shows the limitation period, the date it points to and the enforcement route that usually follows. The result is a first look to read with the related guide.

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Is our claim against a debtor in Türkiye still in time?

Choose what the claim rests on and enter its due date. The tool shows the limitation period in the Turkish Code of Obligations (TCO) or the Turkish Commercial Code (TCC), the date it points to, and the enforcement route that follows.

1. What does the claim rest on? Price of goods sold (other than small-scale retail sales, which have five years under TCO Article 147, item 3), a loan, or another contract claim with no special period (for services under a mandate, choose the third option) Rent, interest on principal or other periodic payments A mandate, commission or agency contract, or brokerage (other than a commercial broker's fee) A contract for work (eser sözleşmesi), for example manufacturing or construction A promissory note (bono), claim against the person who signed it as maker A cheque, holder's claim against the drawer and endorsers

2. When did the claim fall due?

3. Has any of these happened since?

The tool gives general information, not legal advice; the result can change with the details of a matter. What you enter stays in your browser and is not sent to us. The texts were checked against the legislation on 22 October 2026.

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