Liability of railway carrier in Turkish Law

The Republic of Turkey Accession Partnership Document decided to be prepared, after The Republic of Turkey's nomination to EU had been accepted officially at the Helsinki Summit held on 10-11 December 1999. To actualize requirements to be a member of EU in this document, Turkey National programme was released with regard to assumed Union Acquis on 19th March 2001. According to the bligation of having national legislation identifying prioritization in the direction of this programme aligned with Union Acquis, Turkish Republic Railway industry had been liberalized and separated as "train" and "infrastructure" in order national logistics activities to be maintained on a global scale. Furthermore, the extent of its importance to increase preferability of Turkish Republic railroad transportation in first years of its establishment, 24.04.2013 dated and 6461 numbered "Turkey Law on the Liberalization of Railway Transport" and bottom legislation arrangements based on this law were gained force. To sum up, the undertaken liabilities to carry ware by the railway carrier, which is named as railway train operator in present Turkish law legislative arrangements of railway transportation, is the subject of the study. In terms of the study subject, the present railway legislation regulations have been examined within the framework of the hierarchy of norms.