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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 157: Confidentiality of the investigation

Book Two: Investigation › Part One: Denunciations Concerning Offences and Investigation › Chapter One: Confidentiality of the Investigation, Denunciation of Offences

(1) Without prejudice to the cases in which the Law provides otherwise and provided that the rights of defence are not harmed, procedural acts during the investigation phase shall be confidential.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 157 · Soruşturmanın gizliliği

(1) Kanunun başka hüküm koyduğu hâller saklı kalmak ve savunma haklarına zarar vermemek koşuluyla soruşturma evresindeki usul işlemleri gizlidir.

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

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