Due diligence in mergers and acquisitions

In our study, the scope of due diligence in mergers and acquisitions is examined. Although due diligence does not exist in our legislation, due to its common usage in practice, it is evaluated in connection to its status in our law. In the first part, as the concept of mergers and acquisitions and due diligence are examined, the border of concepts used in our thesis is determined. Since due diligence is a loanword, in this thesis, "inceleme prosedürü" is used preferably rather than due diligence, considering its aim and scope. In this thesis, mergers and acquisitions is used as the main title, including asset deals and share deals. In the second part, due diligence and a business's valuation process are explained by taking into account the preparation process in mergers and acquisitions as well as varieties of due diligence. In the last part, due diligence is examined whether this process is compulsory in Turkish law regarding the liability arising from being a prudent merchant and having the duty of disclosure. Subsequently, the process of due diligence is examined in terms of its relationship between the seller's responsibility for defects and culpa in contrahendo liability.