New Decision by the Court of Cassation General Assembly to Unify the Conflicting Judgments

Recent development

The Decision of the Court of Cassation General Assembly on the Unification of Judgments dated 3 June 2022 and no. 2021/1 E., 2022/3 K. (“Unification of Judgments Decision“) was published in the Official Gazette on 26 November 2022. Pursuant to the Unification of Judgments Decision, even if the debtor against whom an execution proceeding has been initiated objects to the proceeding through their attorney, the statement of claim for the actions for the annulment of objections to the execution proceedings to be filed by the creditor must be served to the principal (the debtor), not the attorney.