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Remand and judicial control
Compensation for detentionWho can claim compensation for arrest, custody, remand or seizure in Türkiye, the Commission and assize court routes, the time limits, remedies and exclusionsHouse arrest instead of remandHouse arrest under judicial control and the two-for-one creditAfter the remand orderThirty-day reviews and the two-week objection window after remandSecurity deposit instead of remandSecurity deposit under judicial control: amount, payment, refund, forfeiture
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Appeals: istinaf and temyiz
RetrialHow a final criminal judgment in Türkiye can be reopened by retrial (yargılamanın yenilenmesi) under CMK 311-323: the six grounds in favour of the convicted person including a violation found by the European Court of Human Rights, the three grounds against the defendant, the requests the Code does not accept, who may file and what the request must contain, the court that examines it and the two stages of that examination, the effect on execution of the sentence, the bar on a heavier penalty, compensation after an acquittal on retrial, and the retrial after a Constitutional Court violation judgment under Law No. 6216, article 50The temyiz appealHow temyiz, the appeal on points of law, runs in a Turkish criminal case under CMK 286-307: which regional court decisions are open to it, the grounds and the definite breaches of law, the two-week period from service of the reasoned judgment, rejection by the lower court, the written opinion of the Chief Public Prosecutor's Office and the reply, the hearing, the decisions of the Court of Cassation, the rule against a heavier penalty, and resistance after a reversalThe istinaf appealHow an istinaf appeal runs in a Turkish criminal case under CMK 272-285: who can file, the effect of filing on finality, rejection by the first court, the other side's reply, the regional court's decisions, the appeal hearing, the limit on a heavier penalty where istinaf is used only in the defendant's favour, and where the route endsJoining a case as the victimHow a victim of an offence in Türkiye joins the public case as an intervening party under CMK 237-243: who may join and until when, the bar-appointed lawyer, rights in the courtroom and the independent right of appealChallenging the judgeWhen a judge is barred by law, recusal for doubts about impartiality, who may ask, the deadlines, the procedure, who decides, and the remediesTypes of verdictThe six decisions that count as a judgment, the grounds of acquittal and 'no penalty', dismissal and discontinuance, what you are told when the verdict is read, and HAGBSimplified trial procedureWritten defence in two weeks, judgment without a hearing, the quarter reduction and the objectionDeferred verdict and HAGBDeferral of the verdict: conditions, five years, appeal routeReasoned judgment and the clockService of the reasoned judgment starts the two-week appeal periodConvicted in your absenceAbsentia conviction: restoration of time plus istinaf, filed together
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Searches and seizure
Confiscation of propertyHow seizure (el koyma), confiscation (müsadere) under TCK 54-55 and return under CMK 131 differ in a Turkish criminal case, the protection of good-faith third parties, value confiscation, and the steps a foreign owner can takeFlat searched without a judgeWhen a flat search without a judge holds upPassport in the evidence roomRecovering a seized passport under CMK 131 as a foreign nationalRefusing your phone passcodePhone passcode refusal, Article 134 search, seizure and imaging
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Fraud
Card misuse (TCK 245)What TCK 245 covers: using another's bank or credit card without consent (245/1), producing, selling, transferring, buying or accepting counterfeit cards linked to other people's bank accounts (245/2), using a counterfeit or forged card (245/3), the exemption for the relatives listed in 245/4 where the offence in paragraph 1 harms them, effective remorse through TCK 168 for paragraph 1 (245/5), prohibited devices under TCK 245/A, the relation to qualified fraud under TCK 158/1(f) and 158/4, account suspension and seizure under CMK 128/A, reconciliation under CMK 253, and custody, lawyer and interpreter rights under CMK 90, 91, 147, 149, 150, 202 and 324Cross-border fraud jurisdictionWhen a Turkish court hears a cross-border fraudRepaying a fraud complainantTCK 168 effective remorse and repayment timing in fraud casesBusiness dispute or fraudWhere a contract dispute becomes TCK 157 fraud
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Coming back with an open case
Defendant abroadWhether a Turkish criminal court can try a defendant who is abroad: the presence rule and its exceptions under CMK 193-195, excusal from attendance and questioning by letters rogatory under CMK 196, the absent defendant (gaip) under CMK 244-246, the fugitive (kaçak) under CMK 247-248 (247/3 as worded by Law No. 7589), seizure of assets in Türkiye, the defence lawyer's role under CMK 149-151 and 197, and service of a judgment given in absence under CMK 35, 198, 273 and 274Checking for a warrant before travelChecking for a Turkish arrest warrant before you travelReturn or stay abroadWeighing return against absence in an open Turkish caseStopped at passport controlThe first hours after a border stop over an old file
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Prescription medication
ADHD medication while in TürkiyeThe lawful route to ADHD medication in Türkiye through a physician and a pharmacy, the limits of possession, sharing and importing under TCK 188/6, and the Article 191 personal-use routeADHD medication and TCK 188/6ADHD medicines, TCK 188/6 and the Turkish borderSigning at the customs deskWhy the customs signature, not the medicine, decides the fileMedication seized at the airportSeizure record, statement and the medication file
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Interpreters and language
Evidence and the last wordPresenting evidence and refusing requests, witnesses and records, expert reports, the order of the closing speeches, the last word, and speaking in your own languageFirst hearingThe summons and the one-week rule, defence evidence, the order of the hearing, questioning and silence, non-attendance, and the routes for a defendant abroadSummoned as a witnessThe witness summons, compelled attendance, the three refusal rights, oath, interpreter and TCK 272Bringing your own interpreterCourt-appointed interpreter free; your own choice narrow and self-paidIs the indictment translated?Indictment served in Turkish; what CMK 202 actually interprets aloudOff-list interpreter at your statementChallenging a police statement translated by an off-list interpreter
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