The positive arrangements relating to the general terms are
regulated under the Turkish Code of Obligations No. 6098, Articles
20 - 25.
In the first paragraph of article 20 of the Code of Obligations
general terms is defined as "the contract terms which are
previously and unilaterally prepared by one party with a purpose of
using them for several numbers of similar contracts and submitted
to the other party during the signing of a contract".
This regulation, first of all helps to make the control of
general terms and conditions used in any kind of contracts possible
and more effective. Particularly, public notaries, insurance
companies, travel agencies and transport companies, banks,
companies providing public services and construction companies use
contracts that contain general terms and conditions (standard
clauses) frequently. The control of the general terms is made
through arrangements based on a dualist structure by which control
is performed prior to the
