Court appoints legal guardians for businessman Kıraç in rare dispute
ISTANBUL
An Istanbul court has ruled that prominent Turkish businessman İnan Kıraç legally lacks mental capacity to act independently following a series of cognitive assessments, appointing temporary guardians.
Last week, the 87-year-old businessman underwent an extensive two-and-a-half-hour neuropsychological evaluations at a forensic medicine institute to determine the integrity of his cognitive faculties.
The forensic institution subsequently concluded that Kıraç was incapable of making autonomous legal decisions. While no official statement was released, local media speculated that he had been diagnosed with dementia.
In light of these findings, the court designated two attorneys as his legal representatives.
The Kıraç family has been embroiled in a rare and complex web of legal disputes, beginning with a case initiated by İnan Kıraç to disinherit his adopted daughter, İpek Kıraç, by seeking to annul their adoptive relationship.
While these disputes persist, İnan Kıraç secretly wed a 75-year-old woman in December 2024 in a private ceremony held in the office of the Büyükçekmece mayor.
İpek Kıraç filed a lawsuit alleging that this marriage was a maneuver designed to exploit the woman's financial resources and to divert assets from her.
She further contended that her father's mental condition, attributed to his advanced age, was unsuitable for such a commitment and called for the annulment of the marriage.
İpek Kıraç, asserting that her father has lost his cognitive faculties and is suffering from mental impairments, earlier filed another lawsuit, seeking the appointment of a legal representative to ensure “his financial and moral protection.”
The fate of his marriage remains indeterminate.
İpek Kıraç, the adopted daughter of İnan and Suna Kıraç, is an heir to one of Türkiye’s most prominent conglomerates, Koç Holding.
With a net worth of $3.1 billion, İpek Kıraç ranks as Türkiye’s second wealthiest individual, according to Forbes.
