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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 144: Persons who may not claim compensation

Part Four: Protective Measures › Chapter Seven: Compensation on Account of Protective Measures

(1) Among persons lawfully apprehended, placed under judicial control or placed in pre-trial detention, the following may not claim compensation:

a) Repealed: 11/4/2013, Law No. 6459, Art. 18

b) Persons who were not entitled to compensation but whose situation became eligible for a claim for compensation by virtue of a law subsequently entering into force and introducing favourable provisions.

c) Persons in respect of whom, on grounds such as general or special amnesty, withdrawal of complaint or reconciliation, a decision of non-prosecution or of discontinuance of the case was given, or whose public action was temporarily suspended, or whose public action was deferred or discontinued.

d) Persons in respect of whom a decision that no penalty is to be imposed was given due to lack of criminal capacity.

e) Persons who caused their being taken into custody, placed under judicial control or placed in pre-trial detention by declaring, through untrue statements before judicial authorities, that they committed or participated in an offence.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 144 · Tazminat isteyemeyecek kişiler

(1) Kanuna uygun olarak yakalanan, adli kontrol altına alınan veya tutuklanan kişilerden aşağıda belirtilenler tazminat isteyemezler:

a) (Mülga: 11/4/2013-6459/18 md.)

b) Tazminata hak kazanmadığı hâlde, sonradan yürürlüğe giren ve lehte düzenlemeler getiren kanun gereği, durumları tazminat istemeye uygun hâle dönüşenler.

c) Genel veya özel af, şikâyetten vazgeçme, uzlaşma gibi nedenlerle hakkında kovuşturmaya yer olmadığına veya davanın düşmesine karar verilen veya kamu davası geçici olarak durdurulan veya kamu davası ertelenen veya düşürülenler.

d) Kusur yeteneğinin bulunmaması nedeniyle hakkında ceza verilmesine yer olmadığına karar verilenler.

e) Adlî makamlar huzurunda gerçek dışı beyanla suç işlediğini veya suça katıldığını bildirerek gözaltına alınmasına, adli kontrol altına alınmasına veya tutuklanmasına neden olanlar.52

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

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