Contract Law

WhatsApp Correspondence Is Accepted as Documentary Evidence

Court: Court of Cassation of Türkiye
Chamber: 13th Civil Chamber
Case No.: 2017/1014 E.
Decision No.: 2020/4488 K.
Decision Date: 10.06.2020

The 13th Civil Chamber of the Court of Cassation emphasized that, under HMK m.199, electronic data as well as message and e-mail correspondence are also accepted as documentary evidence, and ruled that the lower court acted contrary to procedure and law by deciding a negative declaratory action concerning attorney's fees without evaluating the correspondence exchanged between the parties. The decision was reversed in favor of the plaintiff due to this incomplete examination.

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