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Arrested in Türkiye

Phone seized in custodyPhone seizure, passcodes and CMK 134 in Turkish custody Duty lawyer or private counselAppointed counsel and the timing of your first statement Access to the case fileDefence access to the investigation file under CMK 153

Someone you know is held

Confirming someone is in custodyConfirming detention and locating a held relative in Türkiye Power of attorney from abroadInstructing counsel from abroad: consulate vekâletname and apostille Flying over or acting from homeWhat a flight changes when a relative is detained

Remand and judicial control

Security deposit instead of remandSecurity deposit under judicial control: amount, payment, refund, forfeiture After the remand orderThirty-day reviews and the two-week objection window after remand House arrest instead of remandHouse arrest under judicial control and the two-for-one credit

Drug trafficking

Personal use or traffickingArticle 191 versus Article 188: how purpose is proved Admitting personal usePersonal-use admission weighed against TCK 188 trafficking exposure Drugs sent by postPosted drug parcels charged as importation under TCK 188/1

Effective remorse (TCK 192)

Carrying drugs for someone elseCouriers are principals under TCK 188/3, not accomplices Before the authorities knewTCK 192 effective remorse: timing, no-sentence routes, sentence reduction Naming others in a drug caseWeighing cooperation against removal and safety in a drug case

Murder and attempted murder

Self-defence and the first statementAdmitting the act to reach TCK 25/1 self-defence Attempted murder or assaultAttempted murder against injury: how intent is inferred The forensic medicine reportAutopsy, expert reports and the defence's four openings

Call centre and investment fraud

Staff or organiser after a raidRole separation in Turkish call centre fraud files Repaying victims, effective remorseEffective remorse and repayment in Turkish investment fraud prosecutions Four-year floor in fraud filesWhy TCK 158/1-f sets a four-year floor

Illegal betting

Company lawyer or your ownShared defence counsel and conflicting interests after a betting raid Account used for betting moneyBetting money through your account: Law 7258 m.5/1-c explained Offshore betting company staffForeign gaming licences and staff liability under Law 7258

Robbery

Robbery and pre-trial detentionYagma, proportionality and why remand follows Returning property in a robbery caseTCK 168/3 restitution timing, ceilings and limits in robbery files Value of the item takenLow value, TCK 150/2 and robbery sentencing in Türkiye

Fatal road accidents

Hit and run, fatal accidentWhy the second charge, not the accident, decides the outcome Lorry driver, fatal accidentDriver, tractor-trailer and cargo: three seizures, three separate releases Refusing the blood testWhy the sample is taken anyway, and what refusing adds

Migrant smuggling

Yacht skipper smuggling chargeSkipper charged under Article 79 after a Türkiye-to-Italy delivery Naming the organiserTCK 79 pays nothing for naming an organiser Attempt under TCK 79Attempted migrant smuggling sentenced as a completed offence

Human trafficking

Withheld passports and forced labourWhen holding worker passports becomes a TCK 80 trafficking charge Contacting the complainantWhy a withdrawn complaint does not close a TCK 80 file Recruited abroad and consentWhy consent does not defeat a TCK 80 recruitment charge

Extradition

Airport arrest on a foreign warrantProvisional arrest on a foreign warrant at Istanbul Airport The extradition file deadlineProvisional arrest, the forty-day deadline and release in extradition Consenting to extraditionWhat consenting to extradition removes, and what it does not

Interpol red notices

Red notice arrest hearingRed notice arrest and the 24-hour hearing in Türkiye UAE cheque red noticeUAE cheque red notices and the Turkish extradition threshold Red notice after refusalWhy a refused extradition leaves the Interpol record standing

Serving a sentence and transfer home

Transfer to the UKTransferring a Turkish prison sentence to the United Kingdom The second open fileWhy one open Turkish file holds a transfer request Accepting a transfer offerWeighing the stated period against the Turkish conditional release date

Appeals: istinaf and temyiz

Convicted in your absenceAbsentia conviction: restoration of time plus istinaf, filed together Reasoned judgment and the clockService of the reasoned judgment starts the two-week appeal period Deferred verdict and HAGBDeferral of the verdict: conditions, five years, appeal route Simplified trial procedureWritten defence in two weeks, judgment without a hearing, the quarter reduction and the objection

Forensic drug report

Synthetic cannabinoid findingSynthetic cannabinoid findings and the TCK 188/4-a increase Objecting to the reportThe CMK 67/5 objection period, its grounds and its limits Paying for your own expertWhen a privately commissioned scientific opinion is worth its cost

Controlled delivery

A parcel addressed to youKnowledge, intent and a controlled parcel under TCK 188/3 Naming the senderEffective remorse when police ask you to name the sender Posted from abroad, who is chargedWho a posted-drug file charges when the sender stays abroad

Wiretap and surveillance evidence

Wiretap evidence in the fileHow an intercepted call becomes a document in evidence Challenging a wiretapWhich wiretap objection to run at trial Calls a wiretap cannot keepPrivileged calls under CMK 135/3, CMK 136, CMK 45 and 46

Searches and seizure

Refusing your phone passcodePhone passcode refusal, Article 134 search, seizure and imaging Passport in the evidence roomRecovering a seized passport under CMK 131 as a foreign national Flat searched without a judgeWhen a flat search without a judge holds up

Customs smuggling

Undervalued invoiceUndervalued imports: customs fine or 5607 prosecution Paying to cut the sentenceLaw 5607 effective remorse payment and sentence reduction Buying smuggled goods inside TürkiyeBuying and storing smuggled goods under Law 5607

Seized vehicle

The thirty-day securityThe thirty-day security that releases a seized vehicle Claiming a foreign-plated lorryHow an owner abroad claims a foreign-plated lorry back The concealed compartment testThe compartment test under two different vehicle regimes

Cannabis cultivation

Plants found at your homeRaid, destruction record and the actual cultivation charge Personal use or denialOwn-use admission versus denial in Law 2313 cultivation cases How cultivation is provedEngineer's report, root count and how cultivation is proved

Firearms and knives

Converted blank-firing gunConverted blank guns, Law 6136 and the sentence bands Firearm in your luggageFirearms and ammunition in luggage at the Turkish border Who converted the blank gunConverted blank guns: article 12 or article 13

Frozen accounts and economic crime

Incoming transfer froze accountFrozen Turkish account after an incoming international transfer Getting seized money backReleasing a frozen Turkish bank account under CMK 131 and 128 Seized shares and trusteeSeized shareholdings, court-appointed trustee, and the non-suspect foreign shareholder

Money laundering and MASAK

MASAK suspended transferThe seven working day MASAK suspension under Law 5549 TCK 282 predicate offenceHow the predicate offence decides a TCK 282 laundering charge Undeclared cash at customsWhat customs holds, how the one tenth fine is calculated

Fraud

Business dispute or fraudWhere a contract dispute becomes TCK 157 fraud Repaying a fraud complainantTCK 168 effective remorse and repayment timing in fraud cases Cross-border fraud jurisdictionWhen a Turkish court hears a cross-border fraud

Money mule accounts

Naming the account userNaming the account user in a first fraud statement The TCK 158/4 half reductionWhat the TCK 158/4 half reduction reaches and what it misses Student accounts used for fraudStudent permit deadlines when an account joins a fraud file

Theft and shoplifting

Caught shoplifting in a mallThe first 24 hours after a mall shop theft Leaving Türkiye, file still openOpen theft file after leaving Türkiye: what continues Petty theft or aggravated theftTCK 142/2-h locked-or-stored rule in shop theft files

Domestic violence

Police called after an argumentFirst 48 hours after a domestic incident in Türkiye Objecting to a 6284 orderSix-month ceiling, two-week objection window, coercive detention for breach Going home during a 6284 orderConsent does not lift a 6284 order; article 8/2 does

Assault

Bar fight, both sides filedMutual injury files, medical reports and provocation after a Turkish bar fight Conciliation offer in assaultSeven-day conciliation offer in an assault investigation The forensic report lineWhat basit tıbbi müdahale decides in an assault file

Stalking and threats

Ex reported my messagesEx-partner stalking complaints and TCK 123/A files WhatsApp messages and threatsWhich message is a threat, and which withdrawal cannot close Withdrawal and the mediation barWhy stalking files close by withdrawal, never by mediation

Traffic accident — injury

Leaving Türkiye, open fileExit bans in TCK 89 injury accident files Uzlaşma After an Injury AccidentWeighing a CMK 253 settlement offer after a TCK 89 injury accident Reading the adli raporHow adli rapor findings map onto TCK 89 paragraphs

Drink and drug driving

Positive roadside drug testRoadside drug tests, licence cancellation and TCK 179/3 When it becomes a crimePromille thresholds and the three routes into a criminal file Refusing the breathalyserWhy refusal costs more than the reading itself

Leaving the scene of an accident

Contacted days after the crashWhy a delayed summons means the file is already open Fine or criminal fileWhen leaving a scene stops being a fine Signing the agreed accident reportWhen the anlasmali form is lawful and what signing it waives

Suspended sentences and HAGB

HAGB: record and travelHAGB record entry and travel during the five years Accept HAGB or appealTaking HAGB or appealing it under the new istinaf route Negligence sentence converted to a fineTCK 50/4 conversion and the bilinçli taksir exclusion

Parole and early release

Calculating the release dateThree-year sentence: parole, probation and release date arithmetic Parole then removal centreTCK 59 notification, removal centres and the release date The three-year probation windowWhich offence dates still get three years' probation

Removal centres and administrative detention

Released but still heldWhy release from a criminal court does not mean freedom Signing for voluntary returnThe voluntary return form, consent to removal and the alternatives to detention How long they can hold youRemoval centre detention: six-month ceiling, monthly review, sulh ceza judge

Deportation and entry bans

Removal during an open caseRemoval decisions served while a Turkish criminal trial runs Leaving or challenging removalHow departure or challenge sets the entry ban Married to a Turkish citizenMarriage, family residence permit and the deportation decision

Travel ban during a criminal case

Lifting a travel banTiming an application to lift a Turkish travel ban Staying legal under a travel banThe residence permit for foreigners a court will not let leave Leaving on a second passportSecond nationality does not lift a Turkish travel ban

Coming back with an open case

Stopped at passport controlThe first hours after a border stop over an old file Return or stay abroadWeighing return against absence in an open Turkish case Checking for a warrant before travelChecking for a Turkish arrest warrant before you travel

Prescription medication

Medication seized at the airportSeizure record, statement and the medication file Signing at the customs deskWhy the customs signature, not the medicine, decides the file ADHD medication and TCK 188/6ADHD medicines, TCK 188/6 and the Turkish border

Narcotics and possession

Positive drug testPositive test, the CMK 75 sample and TCK 191 deferral Leaving during drug supervisionTravel during a TCK 191 deferral and supervision The TCK 191 five-year clockTCK 191 deferral: five-year clock, supervision, testing, breach

Interpreters and language

Off-list interpreter at your statementChallenging a police statement translated by an off-list interpreter Is the indictment translated?Indictment served in Turkish; what CMK 202 actually interprets aloud Bringing your own interpreterCourt-appointed interpreter free; your own choice narrow and self-paid

Criminal mediation

A mediator called youA first call from an uzlastirmaci and the seven days Accepting the mediation offerWeighing a settlement offer against the realistic alternative outcome When a party is abroadCMK 253/6: mediation skipped when a party is unreachable

Insult and social media

Summoned over a postPolice summons over a post: CMK 145, TCK 125, önödeme Withdrawing an insult complaintWhen a withdrawal ends an insult file — and when not The six-month complaint deadlineThe six-month complaint clock on a Turkish insult case

Criminal record

Convictions and checks abroadHow a Turkish conviction reaches a foreign background check Deferred case and the recordDeferred prosecutions, the closed register, and clean certificates How long the archive record staysArticle 12 erasure periods: five, fifteen and thirty years

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