Contracts for the carriage of goods in private international law

Parallel to the increase in international trade, the number of international carriage of goods has also increased significantly. Determining the applicable law to disputes arising from international carriage of goods constitutes one of the fundamental problems of private international law. In Turkish law, the connecting rule that determines the applicable law for contracts of carriage of foreign goods is specifically regulated in Article 29 of the Code 5718. This study examines the connecting rules that are contained in the aforementioned article in detail. Having said that, in determining the applicable law to contracts of carriage of foreign goods, the provisions of the international contract will be applied primarily if the dispute falls within the scope of international contracts. In this context, the application areas of the international agreements on the carriage of goods to which Türkiye is a party, the CMR, the Montreal Convention, the CIM, and the Hague Rules, are discussed in detail.