In scope of the measures taken to prevent COVID-19 outbreak from spreading within our country, the Presidential Decree on Suspension of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Proceedings dated 21 March 2020 and numbered 2279 (“the Presidential Decree”), which was issued based on Article 330 of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Act, has entered into force upon publication in the Official Gazette dated 22 March 2020 and numbered 31076.
As per this Presidential Decree, all of the enforcement and bankruptcy proceedings across the country, other than those that are related to maintenance receivables, will be suspended from the effective date of the Decree, which is 22 March 2020 (including this date), until 30 April 2020 (including this date), and no procedural actions of the parties will be processed, no further requests for enforcement or bankruptcy will be allowed, and the preliminary seizure decisions will not be enforced or executed.
In order to prevent losses of right in regard to trial proceedings due to the COVID-19 outbreak, The Law on Amendment of Certain Laws No. 7226, which stipulates that the civil and administrative judicial terms will be suspended until 30 April 2020, has entered into force upon publication in the Repeated Official Gazette dated 26 March 2020 and numbered 31080.
According to the abovementioned Law, any and all terms in scope of the emergence, use or termination of a right, including the terms for commencing an enforcement proceeding, prescription periods, and statutory limitations have been suspended retrospectively from 13 March 2020 (including this date), until 30 April 2020 (including this date).
Parallel to the Presidential Decree, the Law also provides that;
have been suspended as of 22 March 2020 (including this date), until 30 April 2020 (including this date).
Furthermore, in scope of the Enforcement and Bankruptcy Code, and other laws related to proceedings law, it has been provided that;
The Law No. 7226 also regulates how the terms will proceed following the expiry of the suspension period. In this vein;