A GENERAL REVIEW OF THE NEW TURKISH CIVIL CODE PROJECT

The new project of the Turkish Civil Code has been drafted by a commission composed of professors from the law faculties of the Istanbul and Ankara Universities, judges of the Court of Cassation, officers of the Ministry of Justice and representatives of the Bar Association of Turkey. This commission has been appointed by the Ministry of Justice pursuant to the law no. 2467 dated June m, 1981 relating to the Petting up of a commission entrusted with the elaboration of a Civil Code Project. The commission held its first meeting on July 3, 1981. It concluded its task on June 17, 1984. A last meeting has been held on October 7, 1984 in order to rediscuss one article. The project of the Turkish Civil Code has been published by the Ministry of Justice on December 1984. This publication comprises the text of the Project, a general preamble and a statement of the purposes of each article. In our paper we shall try to summarize the main amendments provided by the Project in the existing Civil Code in force since 1926 and to propose some criticism.