Criminal Law, Investigations and Human Rights: Articles

Discrimination applications to TİHEK, labour courts and the Constitutional Court (AYM); proof, reasonable accommodation, compensation and time limits. A practical guide with real decisions.

Preparing for the first criminal hearing: attendance, participation, defense and evidence requests, explained with three Constitutional Court and two Court of Cassation decisions, three tables and ten questions.

Independence, objective and subjective impartiality; challenging a judge, concrete evidence, time limits and the routes to the Constitutional Court and the European Court of Human Rights.

From Faruk Erem and Halit Çelenk to the DİSK case and digital evidence debates: method, professional stance and ethics in current defense theory.

How to prepare an objection to a KYOK decision based on its reasoning, how to calculate the deadline and how to apply on new evidence; explained with practical tables and verified court decisions.

The limits of the presumption of innocence and of the right not to be stigmatised, examined through public statements, disciplinary proceedings, online publications and remedies. Violation and rejection decisions are explained together.

Reasonable-time criteria in protracted cases and investigations, applications to the Compensation Commission, UYAP and UETS, objections and constitutional review, explained through violation and rejection decisions.

Court fees, time limits and form requirements that can block access to a court; legal aid, UYAP and UETS, appeal and cassation routes and individual applications, explained through violation and rejection decisions.

The qualities of a good criminal defense lawyer: file knowledge, ethics, independence, empathy and defense strategy. Sourced explanations and first-meeting questions.

Application conditions, deadlines and the calculation of documented loss for compensation for unlawful pretrial detention and custody, with a practical guide built on eight real Constitutional Court decisions.

How a complaint about a fundamental right reaches a genuine examination: an effective remedy, appropriate redress and current routes of application, with Constitutional Court and ECtHR decisions.

How to file a criminal complaint for medical malpractice: the Professional Responsibility Board (MSK) investigation permit, the 10-day objection and the route against non-prosecution decisions, with real court rulings.

Rights during statements and interrogation in criminal investigations: silence, legal assistance, checking the record and the evidential value of a statement taken without counsel. Real decisions of the Constitutional Court (AYM), the European Court of Human Rights (AİHM) and the Court of Cassation.

Access to the investigation file, objection to a restriction order and effective objection to detention; a guide built on four Constitutional Court (AYM) decisions and four decisions of the European Court of Human Rights (AİHM).

Conditions for a seizure order, judicial approval and special rules for phones and bank accounts; a practical guide to objection, return and compensation applications.

A sourced guide to oral defense at a criminal hearing: evidence-based narrative, witness questions, timely intervention, answering the prosecutor's opinion and the right of final word.

Appeal to the Court of Cassation in criminal cases, explained through deadline, file preparation and outcome tables, five real decisions, academic views and oral defense methods.

A guide with examples on assessing the reliability of witness testimony, preparing questions and showing contradictions at the hearing, based on CMK Article 201 and Constitutional Court decisions.

How is a defense against the prosecutor's final opinion prepared? A guide with examples covering requests for time, evaluation of evidence, supplementary defense, oral argument and the requested outcome.

Appeal in criminal cases, explained through deadline and document tables, five real decisions, current legislative changes and examples of written and oral defense.