Deprivation of inheritance is a legal concept that expresses a provision without the need for the testator to also take an action or make a statement if there are written reasons in the law, which leads to the conclusion that the person loses the title of heir or creditor of the will. The consequences of this legal situation are fatal and spontaneous. There is no need for a judge’s determination.

WHAT ARE THE REASONS FOR THE DEPRIVATION OF INHERITANCE?
M of the Turkish Civil Code.in 578, it was decreed that the persons counted cannot be heirs and cannot acquire rights with savings due to death, but only as a result of the forgiveness of the bequeathed person, their deprivation will disappear. Deprivation of inheritance Tmk 578.the article is also regulated. In the old civil code, it was regulated that deprivation of liberty would not be abolished by amnesty, while in the current situation it has been accepted that amnesty would abolish deprivation. TMK m.the reasons for the deprivation of inheritance determined by counting in 578 are;

Intentionally and unlawfully killing or attempting to kill the testator,
Intentionally and unlawfully placing the bequeathed person in a position where he/she cannot save money due to death on an ongoing basis,
Ensuring and preventing the inheritor from making a death-related savings or returning from such savings by deception, coercion or intimidation,
To intentionally and unlawfully eliminate or disrupt a life saving in a situation and time when the bequeathed person can no longer do it again.
WHO DOES THE DEPRIVATION OF INHERITANCE AFFECT?
The question of who will be affected by the deprivation of inheritance is TMK m.according to 579/1, it has been arranged that it will only apply to the deprived one, it will not affect the deprived one’s child, and the inheritance of the child will continue. Of course, the altsoy mentioned here applies to cases where the disinherited is the lower lineage of the inheritor. As for the lower classes of willful heirs, the situation is exactly the opposite, and it can be said that they are also negatively affected by deprivation. In short, the right of inheritance lost by the disinherited person is transferred to his legal heirs, but in case of deprivation of the appointed heirs and those whose property has been established in his favor, their subsections are not granted the right of inheritance. If the legal heir deprived of the inheritance does not have an inheritance, the person’s share is returned to the Decanter and is divided among those who inherit as if this heir does not exist. The consequences of disinheritance are important in this regard. It causes material and moral losses.

WHAT SHOULD BE DONE TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS ON DEPRIVATION OF INHERITANCE?
M of the Turkish Civil Code.in 578, it was ruled that a person would be deprived of the inheritance if there were reasons established, and again in the same article, it was clearly stated that no court order or explanation of the will of the testator was required to implement this state of deprivation. In the event that one of the grounds listed in the article is fulfilled, the person will be deprived of the inheritance without the need for anything else. Only if he is forgiven, the deprivation will disappear. It may be requested to be determined by those who have benefits in cases of dispute between the heirs, as well as this determination may be menfi müspet.

WHO ARE THE OTHER HEIRS AFFECTED BY DISINHERITANCE?
If the heir who has been removed from the inheritance has no child, in this case, his heirs other than this child and his wife are affected by the deprivation in question. As in the case of iskat, the share of inheritance belonging to the one who is deprived of the inheritance is divided into his heirs who are in the same clan, and if he is the only heir in the clan, it is transferred to his lower clan. Deprivation of inheritance affects only the deprived. The explanation of this situation, which is personal, also means that it has consequences only for the individual who has been deprived of inheritance; it does not affect the lower classes. It is worth repeating that the mentioned subsoy is the legal subsoy of the person. Because TMK m.it is also clearly understood in the provision 579/2 that the justification of the article is that it will not make provision for legal heirs other than a person. This provision, which covers only that legal heirs do not experience loss of rights, will not apply to appointed heirs and those who have been bequeathed property in their favor.

In case of the death of the designated heir or testator before the testator, the rights of inheritance fall. The lower classes of these people cannot claim any rights by claiming succession in the terekede. However, for legal heirs, this situation is the opposite.

The persons affected by disinheritance are, to count;

All heirs of the disinherited person (including lower ancestry)
All heirs of the deprived testamentary creditor (including lower ancestry)
They are all heirs, except for the altsoy of the deprived legal heir.
The share of inheritance of a person deprived of an inheritance who does not have an inheritance is divided by adding it to the shares of the heirs of the one who left the inheritance. The same applies to the adopted child who is deprived of inheritance, but the heir of the adopted child is not affected by deprivation if he is deprived of the adopted child.

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