NEWSLETTER-2021

235 CIVIL PROCEDURE LAW The Unification of Judgments Decision of the Court of Cassation on Notification Law* Piraye Erdem Introduction The Decision of the Court of Cassation Great General Assembly on the Unification of Judgments (“Assembly”) dated 20.11.2020 and numbered 2019/2 E., 2020/3 K. (“Decision”) was published in the Official Gazette dated 20.04.2021 and numbered 31460 and resolved the differences in opinion and application among the Court of Cassation General Assembly of the Civil Chamber, 2nd Civil Chamber, 4th Civil Chamber and 12th Civil Chamber. This article discusses the Decision, the terms used throughout the Decision, and the dissenting opinions. The Subject of the Unification of Judgments and the Relevant Terms The Assembly stated that the subject of the unification of judgments is, as follows: “In the event that the notification issued to the last known address of the addressee is returned and that the place of residence of the addressee registered at the address registry system is different from this address, whether or not it is sufficient to directly issue a notification pursuant to Article 21/2 of the Notification Law to the domicile of the addressee registered at the address registry system with the annotation “Central Population Administration System (“CPAS”) address,” or whether it is required to initially issue a normal notification to this address.”1 * Article of May, 2021 1 Translated by the author: The Court of Cassation Great General Assembly on the Unification of Judgments, No. 2019/2 E., 2020/3 K. (OG, No. 31460, 20.04.2021).

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