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What is a Lease Agreement?

The transfer of the right to use and benefit from a movable or immovable property for a price is possible with a lease agreement. While issues such as the establishment, termination and scope of lease agreements are comprehensively regulated in Chapter 4 of the Turkish Code of Obligations ("TCO", "the Code"), Article 299 of the relevant Code defines a lease agreement as "a contract whereby the lessor agrees to leave the use or benefit of a property to the lessee, and the lessee agrees to pay the agreed rental price in return".

As in every contract, the lease agreement creates certain debts and obligations for both the lessor and the lessee. While the lessor has obligations such as the duty to deliver the leased property as promised and to bear the taxes and similar expenses related to the leased property, the lessee has obligations and liabilities such as the obligation to pay the rent, the obligation to use the leased property in