Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure: Articles

Postponement of enforcement for illness, pregnancy and a sick child: the report procedure, application requirements, time limits and review of a rejection decision.

Complaints about prison procedures, correction of sentence calculation sheets and objections to enforcement judgeship decisions are subject to different time limits. The guide explains the competent authority, deadlines and documents to prepare with the application.

Conditions of the right not to be tried twice for the same act; final decisions, tax and criminal proceedings, the connection test, and applications based on Constitutional Court rulings.

A harsh, disturbing or hurtful statement cannot be punished as an insult merely because of those qualities.

What HTS and base station records can and cannot prove; technical objections and expert review against errors in location, line user and records.

Conditions for the deferment of the pronouncement of judgment (HAGB), the probation period, appeals, criminal record effects, and the 2026 amendment and transitional provisions.

The limits of false accusation and insult in news reports, private messages and social media posts; current penalty provisions, digital evidence and the different routes for applying.

Supervised release does not depend on the expiry of a period alone; the offense date, the enforcement regime and good conduct are examined together. The guide explains the conditions, the time limits and the application to the enforcement judgeship.

Examine excuse, warnings, return to an open prison, time calculation and objection routes in supervised release violations through Court of Cassation and Constitutional Court decisions.

An objection under CMK 308/A against final criminal rulings of the Regional Court of Appeal: who may file it, the time limits, the safeguards for the accused and how the petition should be structured.

Convicts and detainees do not lose their freedom of expression and their right to receive information entirely when they enter a penal institution.

Reopening a final criminal judgment on the basis of new evidence or new facts: the conditions of CMK Articles 311 to 323, the procedure for filing, and the stay of enforcement, explained with real court decisions.

Defective service, the date of learning of the decision and restoration of the prior status are different legal routes; in a criminal case, the time limit, absence of fault and the structure of the petition are assessed together to protect the right to a legal remedy.

When must a witness be questioned and an expert heard at the hearing? A practical guide to the right of defense and the case law.

How much weight WhatsApp messages and screenshots carry in a criminal file, and how lawfulness, attribution, integrity and methods of challenge are assessed under the current position of CMK Article 134.

Where there are several final sentences, an aggregation (içtima) decision can be requested from the execution judgeship. The guide explains each sentence’s separate enforcement regime and the effect of a judgment that becomes final later.

The liability of an account holder when a bank account is used in fraud, covering intent, the defence of having been deceived, participation and the 2026 amendment to TCK Article 158/4 with current decisions.

A harsh statement an attorney uses in a lawsuit petition cannot be punished merely because it is found disturbing.

An unpaid judicial fine is converted into imprisonment, but public-benefit work comes first. Payment orders, two instalment routes, children, bounced-cheque cases and remedies are explained.

Conditions for transfer to an open prison, second recidivism, leaving the organization, provisional provisions and objection to a refusal decision, examined through current decisions.