Özet:

Although animals have been seen at the status of goods, which make the lives of human beings easier within the social, economic and legal order, since the ancient ages, they have always been subjected to a separate legal treatment, because they are living creatures and how they will react to events is not predictable due to their wild nature. In some eras, the animals were punished by being held directly responsible for the damages that they caused and were executed in the most primitive ages or were excommunicated under the influence of the Medieval Ecclesiastical Law; sometimes, and particularly according to the understanding of our contemporary law, the owners of the animals were held responsible due to the damage that the animals caused by their behaviors. In the first part of this study, the responsibility of the animal owner, in other words, the animal's holder, as the result of the damage, caused by the animal, was studied with regard to the Roman Law; the historical development of this responsibility was examined separately under in the Early Law, Pre-Classical Law, and Classical Law Eras, in details. In the second part, the general information is provided about the rules that regulate the responsibility of an animal owner in the Turkish Law.

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