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Code of Civil Procedure

Article 152: Putting questions

Part Three: Written Procedure › Chapter Five: Taking of Evidence and Special Circumstances During the Taking of Evidence › Division Two: Hearing

(1) The attorneys of the parties attending the hearing may put questions directly to witnesses, court experts and other persons summoned to the hearing, in accordance with the discipline of the hearing. The parties themselves may ask questions through the judge. Where an objection is raised to a question put, the judge shall decide whether the question should be put.

(2) In collegial courts, each of the judges may put questions to the persons specified in paragraph 1.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 152 · Soru yöneltme

(1) Duruşmaya katılan taraf vekilleri; tanıklara, bilirkişilere ve duruşmaya çağrılan diğer kişilere, duruşma disiplinine uygun olarak doğrudan soru yöneltebilirler. Taraflar ise hâkim aracılığıyla soru sorabilirler. Yöneltilen soruya itiraz edildiğinde, sorunun yöneltilmesinin gerekip gerekmediğine hâkim karar verir.

(2) Toplu mahkemelerde, hâkimlerden her biri, birinci fıkrada belirtilen kişilere soru sorabilir.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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