General Principles of Turkish Inheritance Law (Art. 495–571)

This book entitled General Principles of Turkish Inheritance Law examines the provisions of the Turkish Civil Code between 495 and 571. In order to make the book easy to understand, a simple language has been used throughout the book and the theoretical information has been supported by several examples.

The book consists of 18 chapters as follows:

•Introduction to inheritance law
•Basic concepts of inheritance law
•Legal heirs
•Testamentary dispositions
•Types of wills
•Revocation of will
•Principles of will interpretation
•Appointing heirs and bequeathing legacy
•Conditions and burdens in testamentary dispositions
•Designation of substitute heir and remainderman
•Establishment of a foundation by testamentary disposition
•Appointing an executor of a will
•Contracts of succession
•Contracts of renunciation of inheritance
•Annulment of testamentary dispositions
•Testamentary freedom, statutory entitlement (reserved share) and disposable part of the estate
•Disinheritance
•Action for reduction (action in abatement)

The book is intended for Turkish lawyers practising internationally, foreign lawyers wishing to gain a general understanding of Turkish inheritance law, and students and researchers studying law in Englishwishing to improve their legal English.