T.R. PATNOS 4TH CIVIL COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE

BOTAŞ has initiated expropriation proceedings for a 604.53 m² permanent easement and a 306.62 m² two-year temporary easement over a parcel in Akdilek village, Patnos district, Ağrı province, filing a price-determination and registration suit in the Patnos 4th Civil Court of First Instance (case no. 2026/148). The defendants named are Abdulmenaf Aktekin, Davut Aktekin and Ercan Aktekin. Affected parties have 30 days from publication to challenge the expropriation before administrative courts or seek correction of material errors in civil court, and must submit evidence and defenses within 10 days of notification, after which the court-determined compensation will be deposited at Vakıfbank's Patnos branch in the owners' names. The notice takes effect as formal service seven days after publication under Article 10/4 of Expropriation Law No. 2942. The case matters as part of BOTAŞ's pipeline land-acquisition program, with the court's valuation and any administrative annulment challenge the next items to watch.