Some New Regulations Brought By The Judicial Reform Package

The first step has been taken towards the judicial reform, which has become a hot topic recently. With the Law No. 7188 on Making Amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure and Certain Laws ("Law No. 7188") dated 17 October 2019, which took effect with its promulgation in the Official Gazette No. 30928 of 24 October 2019; critical amendments have been made particularly with regards to the criminal procedure. Among these amendments, the ones which are considered to affect the business life to a greater extent can be summarized as follows:

1. Within the scope of the institution of prepayment, which is regulated in Article 75 of the Turkish Criminal Code No. 5237 ("TCC"), perpetrator has been enabled to make payments in three instalments. As is known; except for the crimes falling within the scope of reconciliation, criminal case shall not be filed against the perpetrator for the crimes which requires only judicial fine or the upper limit of the prison sentence