New Specialized Courts Are Being Established

The decisions of the Judges and Prosecutors Council ("Council") on the establishment of new specialized courts were published in the Official Gazette dated 30 November 2021. In this context, the establishment of specialized courts in many fields that require legal expertise has been decided. You may access the decisions online here (in Turkish).

In which fields will specialized courts be established?

The Human Rights Action Plan, which was prepared in order to raise human rights standards, was published in the Official Gazette dated 30 April 2021, and it proposed fundamental changes to administrative, civil and criminal proceedings, and envisaged the establishment of specialized courts. In this regard, it has been decided on the specialization of the following courts;