Amendments Introduced Under The 12th Judicial Reform Package

The Law on Amendments to Certain Laws for the More Effective and Efficient Functioning of the Judiciary (the "Law"), prepared in line with the 4th Judicial Reform Strategy Document announced on 23 January 2025 and publicly referred to as the "12th Judicial Reform Package", was published in the Official Gazette dated 31 July 2026 and numbered 33326, and has entered into force.

The Law introduces significant amendments across a wide range of areas, including civil procedure, enforcement and bankruptcy law, compensation law, administrative procedure and criminal procedure. The principal objectives of the amendments are, on the one hand, to address the legal gaps that arose following the annulment decisions of the Constitutional Court and, on the other hand, to ensure that judicial proceedings are conducted more efficiently, predictably and within a reasonable time. In this context, the abolition of actions for unquantified receivables, the restructuring of the statutory interest regime,