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Code of Criminal Procedure

Additional Article 1: Special provisions concerning law enforcement officers

Book Seven: Costs of Proceedings and Miscellaneous Provisions › Part Two: Miscellaneous Provisions

Added: 3/5/2016, Law No. 6713, Art. 10

(1) Investigations into allegations against law enforcement officers relating to the offences of killing, intentional injury, torture, exceeding the limits of the authority to use force and establishing an organisation for the purpose of committing offences, as well as offences committed within the framework of the activities of an organisation, shall be conducted by public prosecutors personally and with priority. Actions brought against law enforcement officers on account of these offences shall be deemed urgent matters. Review of such actions through legal remedies shall also be carried out with priority.

Original Turkish text

EK MADDE 1 · Kolluk görevlilerine yönelik özel hükümler

(Ek: 3/5/2016-6713/10 md.)

(1) Kolluk görevlileri hakkındaki öldürme, kasten yaralama, işkence, zor kullanma yetkisine ilişkin sınırın aşılması ve suç işlemek amacıyla örgüt kurma suçları ile örgüt faaliyeti çerçevesinde işlenen suçlarla ilgili iddialara ilişkin soruşturmaları Cumhuriyet savcıları bizzat ve öncelikle yapar. Bu suçlardan dolayı kolluk görevlileri hakkında açılan davalar, acele işlerden sayılır. Bu tür davaların kanun yolu incelemesi de öncelikli olarak yapılır.

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

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