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The High Court Of Appeals Allows Extraordinary Termination Based On “Important Reasons” For Residential And Roofed Workplace Leases
Under the Turkish Code of Obligations No. 6098 (“TCO”), residential and roofed workplace lease agreements are subject to a special termination regime. In principle, early (extraordinary) termination is permitted only under specific and limited statutory grounds. The High Court of Appeals, in its decision numbered 2025/3126 E., 2025/4810 K. that is published in the Official Gazette dated March 12, 2026 and numbered 33194 (“Decision”), addressed whether the extraordinary termination based on “important reasons”, as regulated under Article 331 of the TCO, can be applied to residential and roofed workplace leases.
ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law