Akitle Glossary
Terms commonly encountered in rental and contract management — their place in Turkish law, legal basis, and practical application. Each term reads independently and cross-links to the relevant contract type page.
Rental contract
A bilateral contract governed by Turkish Code of Obligations arts. 299 et seq., in which one party transfers the use of a thing to another for a fee.
Read definition →Eviction undertaking (tahliye taahhüdü)
A residential or workplace renter's written commitment to vacate the property on a specific date. Governed by TBK art. 352/I; must be given after the lease begins.
Read definition →Electronic signature
Electronic data attached to or logically associated with another electronic record for authentication purposes (Turkish E-Signature Law No. 5070 art. 3/b). Secure e-signature is a distinct, narrower category.
Read definition →Force majeure
An external event that makes contract performance impossible; blameless, unavoidable, unforeseeable. Under TBK art. 136 it releases the obligor from performance.
Read definition →Security deposit
An amount or security instrument the lessor receives at lease start to secure claims (unpaid rent, damage, tax). For residential and roofed-workplace leases, capped at 3 months' rent under TBK art. 342.
Read definition →Guarantor
A third party held liable for the same debt if the principal debtor fails to pay (TBK art. 581). In rental contracts, a guarantor secures against non-payment and damage risk.
Read definition →Bare vs operated rental
In bare rental, the machine is delivered alone and the renter brings their own operator. In operated rental, the operator stays with the lessor; the social-security and liability structure changes.
Read definition →Audit trail
An append-only, timestamped record of every event in a contract's lifecycle: creation, sharing, opening, field filling, signing. Akitle stores this as a document under HMK art. 199.
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