Two Important Annulment Decisions By The Constitutional Court

I. Objection to the deferment of the announcement of the verdict — objection was annulled.

II. The provision allowing judgments other than convictions to be given without interrogating the defendant was annulled.

1. The Constitutional Court annulled the provision under the Code of Criminal Procedure that    an appeal can be made against the decision to defer the announcement of the verdict.

New development

With its decision No. 2021/121 E. 2022/88 K., the Constitutional Court annulled Article 231/12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure No. 5271 (CCP) that regulates the right to object to the deferment of the verdict announcement. The annulment decision will enter into force on 23 June 2023. You may access the decision published in the Official Gazette dated 23 September 2022 available  here.