According to publicly available resources there have been over
125,000 lawsuits in Türkiye filed in 2025 for eviction of
tenants from residential and commercial properties. These lawsuits
approximately take 2-3 years including the appeal process, and the
lessees remain within the premises until the end of the judgement
procedure (subject to certain exceptions). In this regard, while
leasing a property, lessors wish to avoid lengthy litigation
process and ensure that the lessees evict the premises on the
agreed date. Therefore, it has become much more common lately that
lessors request "eviction undertakings" from the
lessees.
The eviction undertaking is a binding commitment of the lessee
that terminates the lease agreement and obligates the lessee to
vacate the premises on a specific date. As the Turkish Code of
Obligation favors the lessees as the "weaker" side of the
contract, the validity of the eviction undertaking is subject to
certain conditions.
