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Shareholders could transfer their shares freely as a rule; however, some problems and restrictions come within where the transferee is company itself. The acquisition of its own shares by a joint stock company has been accepted as an exception by lawmaker, and that acquisition has been subject to percentage limitations and the transfer of this shares -under certain conditions- has been made obligatory. These limits and conditions are regulated comparatively clearly in the law; however, there is no such regulation on the outcome of the transaction of transfer and the acquired shares in case of violation of these rules. In our study, it is tried to be explained respectively the conditions of the company’s acquisition of its shares and the incapacity to use the rights linked with shares, and then the status of the shares acquired both legal and illegal. In this context it is tried to be construed the obligation of transfer of the shares acquired in accordance with the articles of both TCC 382 and 383, and then the obligation to extinguish. Besides, the company’s acquisition of its own shares examined within the context of the “escape clause” regulated in Article 493 of the TCC, and accordingly it is evaluated that whether the company was bound by certain restrictions in the light of the opinions in the comparative law and doctrine, and our opinions tried to be conveyed. Finally, it is evaluated the obligation to set aside reserve fund and the status of the acquired shares in the balance sheet in case the company acquires its own share, and our opinions on the subject were tried to be conveyed in the conclusion section.