The below text on the recognition and enforcement of
U.K. Judgments in Turkey was used in the speech given at
Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Cross-Border
Legal Issues Seminar held at the House of Lords, U.K. Parliament,
Palace of Westminster on June
12th,
2013
Introduction
The provisions regarding the recognition and enforcement of
foreign judgments are set forth in the International
Private and Procedural Law ("IPPL"). There are
also bilateral and multilateral conventions signed
by and between Turkey and other states. These conventions take
precedence as per Article 90 of the Constitution.1
As can be perceived from the Decision of the 19th Civil Chamber
of the Supreme Court of Appeals - dated 05.09.1994 (as provided
herein below) and subsequent judgments in this respect, there is a
de facto practice
established between Turkey and the United Kingdom;
