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Code of Civil Procedure

Article 377: Time limit

Part Eight: Legal Remedies › Chapter Three: Retrial

(1) The time limit for retrial is three months from the date on which:

a) It was learned that the court was not constituted in accordance with the law,

b) In the cases provided for in subparagraphs (b) and (c) of paragraph 1 of Article 375, the decision was served on the defendant or on the genuine attorney or representative; or the creditors or the successors of the defendant were duly informed of the decision,

c) The new document was obtained or the fraud was discovered,

ç) In the cases in subparagraphs (d), (e), (f) and (g) of paragraph 1 of Article 375, the judgment concerning the criminal conviction became final, or it became impossible to initiate a criminal prosecution, or the investigation remained inconclusive,

d) It became known that the judgment on which the decision was based has been reversed and entirely removed in the form of a final judgment,

e) On the ground set out in subparagraph (i) of paragraph 1 of Article 375, the final judgment of the European Court of Human Rights was served,

and, in any event, ten years from the date on which the judgment that is the subject of the request for retrial became final.

(2) The time limit for retrial on the ground set out in subparagraph (ı) of paragraph 1 of Article 375 shall be equal to the limitation period applicable to judgments.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 377 · Süre

(1) Yargılamanın iadesi süresi;

a) Mahkemenin kanuna uygun olarak teşekkül etmemiş olduğunun öğrenildiği,

b) 375 inci maddenin birinci fıkrasının (b) ve (c) bentlerinde öngörülen hâllerde, kararın davalıya veya gerçek vekil veya temsilciye tebliğ edildiği; alacaklı veya davalı yerine geçenlerin karardan usulen haberdar olduğu,

c) Yeni belgenin elde edildiği veya hilenin farkına varıldığı,

ç) 375 inci maddenin birinci fıkrasının (d), (e), (f) ve (g) bentlerindeki hâllerde, ceza mahkûmiyetine ilişkin hükmün kesinleştiği veya ceza kovuşturmasına başlanamadığı yahut soruşturmanın sonuçsuz kaldığı,

d) Karara esas alınan ilamın bozularak kesin hüküm şeklinde tamamen ortadan kalkmasından haberdar olunduğu,

e) 375 inci maddenin birinci fıkrasının (i) bendinde yazılı sebepten dolayı, Avrupa İnsan Hakları Mahkemesinin kesinleşmiş kararının tebliğ edildiği,

tarihten itibaren üç ay ve her hâlde iade talebine konu olan hükmün kesinleşmesinden itibaren on yıldır.

(2) 375 inci maddenin birinci fıkrasının (ı) bendinde yazılan sebepten dolayı yargılamanın yenilenmesi süresi ilama ilişkin zamanaşımı süresi kadardır.

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

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