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Code of Civil Procedure

Article 174: Drawing up of minutes

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

(1) Minutes shall be drawn up at the end of the interrogation. The explanations given by the party interrogated, the questions asked and the answers given shall be entered in the minutes. After the minutes are read in the presence of the parties, the party interrogated shall be made to sign them. If the party interrogated refuses to sign the minutes without showing a justified reason, this shall be established in minutes by the judge.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 174 · Tutanak düzenlenmesi

(1) İsticvap sonunda bir tutanak düzenlenir. İsticvap olunan tarafça yapılan açıklamalar, sorulan sorular ve verilen cevaplar tutanağa yazılır. Tutanak taraflar huzurunda okunduktan sonra altı isticvap olunan tarafa imzalatılır. İsticvap olunan taraf haklı bir gerekçe göstermeksizin tutanağı imzalamaktan kaçınırsa, bu durum hâkim tarafından tutanakla tespit olunur.

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

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