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Turkey Adjusts Criminal And Civil Appeal Periods To Fifteen Days
11 October 2017
Moroglu Arseven
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Turkey has adjusted criminal and civil appeal periods to 15 days
from the date a decision is notified to the parties, applying to
decisions issued from 5 August 2017 onward. The changes extend the
criminal appeal period (previously seven days), but tighten the
appeal period offered in the civil context (previously one
month).
The changes were introduced by Law number 7035 published in
Official Gazette number 7035 on 5 August 2017
("Law").
The Law amended:
- Article 271 of the Code of Criminal
Procedure number 5271, and
- Article 361 of the Code of Civil
Procedure number 6100.
Please see the link for full text of the Law (only
available in Turkish).
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