The Amendments to the Turkish Code of Civil Procedure
("the Code") and Certain Laws numbered
7251 ("the Amendment") was published in
the Official Gazette on 28 July 2020. The Amendment addresses
several grey areas that have arisen in practice during the period
of application of the Code since its entry into force in July 2012.
In this article we discuss briefly those amendments to the Turkish
Code of Civil Procedure and certain laws that will play an
important role in practice.
Principle of Publicity
Before the Amendment, only the parties of the proceedings were
entitled to request that some or all sessions of a hearing should
be held in private. The Amendment stipulates that third party
requests for private hearings shall also be considered by the
courts pursuant to the rights of privacy of third parties.
