Criminal Law, Investigations and Human Rights: Articles

Notices by families, urgent protection requests and the Constitutional Court decision on the right to life in cases of suicide risk and mental health problems in prison.

Accessibility, care and reasonable accommodation requests for detained and convicted prisoners with disabilities; necessary documents, complaints and the Constitutional Court decision.

The care, day care and health rights of children staying with their mothers in prison; families' document preparation, application routes and an explanation of the Constitutional Court decision.

An action against a deportation decision after release, an application against administrative detention, the non-refoulement principle and the documents families should prepare.

A legal guide to waiting in prison shuttle vehicles (ring araçları), ventilation, water and toilet needs; evidence, complaint and an effective investigation.

Enforcement of sentences from finality to release: sentence calculation sheet, credit for time served, recidivism, open prison, supervised release, current transitional provisions and legal application routes.

Conditions of the serial trial procedure, the half-sentence reduction, the two-week objection period, HAGB (deferment of the pronouncement of judgment), criminal records and recidivism. A comprehensive guide with recent Constitutional Court and Court of Cassation decisions.

The lawfulness of digital evidence, phone examination, WhatsApp records, a Constitutional Court (AYM) decision, forensic copies and routes of objection to an expert report.

Three- and five-year periods, good conduct, the competent court, appeal and the effect on the archive record in restoring prohibited rights; a guide with real court decisions.

Enforcement ratios, open institution, good conduct and supervised release conditions in terrorism and organised crime cases, with a guide to applications based on Constitutional Court and Court of Cassation decisions.

Under what conditions can an entire social media platform be blocked? The Constitutional Court's YouTube decision, Article 8/A of Law No. 5651, URL-based measures and the distinction between application routes.

When does a complaint become false accusation? Non-prosecution decisions, Presidential Communication Center (CİMER) petitions, knowing accusation, penalties and damages, examined through verified court decisions.

Showing that an invoice exists on paper, or that the price was paid by bank, is not enough; actual delivery, recording, VAT deduction, tax penalty and criminal proceedings are examined separately.

Current age and sentence limits, the medical report, the application to the enforcement judgeship and the route of objection for weekend, night and home enforcement after the 2025 amendments.

Eligibility for a sentence enforcement reform depends on the offence date, finality and the conditions of the relevant transitional provision, read together.

Can attending a meeting be evidence of organization membership? Key criteria in light of the AYM's Metin Birdal decision: individual conduct, hierarchical link and defense.

For excuse, special and job-search leave, the conditions, the competent authority, funeral and hospital visits, the consequences of a late return and applying against a refusal decision are explained.

On what conditions may ÖSYM summon a candidate to an equivalent examination? The Özcan Bayrak decision on score increases, concrete findings, the right to education and the limits of judicial procedure.

How is the freedom of religious communities to choose their leaders protected? The Constitutional Court's patriarch election decision on state neutrality, dialogue, representation and the limits of interference.

The application route and urgent protection to follow if requests for hospital referral, medication and care produce no result; explained through the enforcement judgeship and real Constitutional Court decisions.