Abstract:

According to Turkish Civil Code (TCC) (Law No.4721), the regime of participation in acquired property is the statutory marital property regime. In this property regime, each spouse or his or her heirs is or are entitled to one-half of the surplus of the other spouse. A different participation in the surplus may be agreed by marital agreement. In the article 237 paragraph 2 of TCC, it is stated that “Such agreements must not adversely affect the statutory inheritance entitlements of children who are not the common issue of the spouses or those of the issue of such children”. In the regime of community of property which is an optional marital property regime, there is a similar provision. In the article 276 of TCC, it is stated that “If the community of property regime is dissolved by the death of a spouse or the implementation of a different marital property regime, each party or his or her heirs is entitled to one-half of the common property. A different method of division may be agreed by marital agreement. Such agreements must not adversely affect the statutory inheritance entitlements of the spouse’s issue”. These provisions (TCC art. 237 parag. 2 and art.276 parag.3) do not comply with the system founded by inheritance law regulated in TCC. Besides these provisions emerge some consequences which go beyond the purpose of the legislature.

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