Claim for increased value in the regime of contribution to acquired property

While the legal property regime during the period of the Former Civil Law No. 743 was the separation of property regime, with the Turkish Civil Law No. 4721, which entered into force on 01.01.2002, the regime of contribution to acquired property became the legal property regime, and the possibility of claiming the contributions made by the spouses subject to this regime to a certain asset of the other spouse within the marital union, under the name of the value increase share claim, has emerged in the event of the termination of the property regime in accordance with Article 227 of the Turkish Civil Law. The main purpose of this study is to explain the concepts related to the value increase share receivable stated in Article 227 of the Turkish Civil Law, to determine the scope of implementation of the provision, the terms of claiming the value increase share and the calculation of the receivable according to the type of the contribution made.