Ankara Üniversitesi Hukuk Fakültesi Dergisi

Öz

This article examines – in light of the pertinent jurisprudence of the Court of Cassation and the academic literature- the problem stemming from rejection of recording public receivables by the bankruptcy administration. The legal basis for public receivables is an administrative act. Therefore, due to the presumption of lawfulness, a public receivable based on an administrative act cannot be rejected by the bankruptcy administration. As the bankruptcy administration does not have public authority, it cannot reject a public receivable. Rather, It has the power to file a claim for annulment of the administrative act forming the legal basis for the public receivable. Furthermore, several other reasons, such like duplication, offset, payment and incorrect interest calculation, cannot offer a justification for rejection of the public receivable by a bankruptcy administration. Commercial courts tasked with hearing the lawsuits pertaining to acceptance of records does not have the power to appraise –at any circumstances- the presence or the amount of a public receivable emanating from an administrative act