Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 179: Notification of the names and addresses of summoned witnesses to the accused and the public prosecutor

Book Three: Prosecution Stage › Part One: Conduct of the Public Action › Chapter One: Preparation for the Hearing

(1) The accused shall notify the public prosecutor, within a reasonable time, of the names and addresses of the experts and witnesses whom he or she will have summoned directly or will bring during the hearing.

(2) The public prosecutor shall likewise, where he or she will have persons summoned other than the witnesses and experts indicated in the indictment or summoned upon the request of the accused, whether by decision of the presiding judge of the court or the judge or on his or her own initiative, notify their names and addresses to the accused, again within a reasonable time.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 179 · Çağrılan tanıkların ad ve adreslerinin sanığa ve Cumhuriyet savcısına bildirilmesi

(1) Sanık, doğrudan doğruya davet ettireceği veya duruşma sırasında getireceği bilirkişi ve tanıkların ad ve adreslerini Cumhuriyet savcısına makul süre içinde bildirir.

(2) Cumhuriyet savcısı da, iddianamede gösterilen veya sanığın istemi üzerine davet edilen tanık ve bilirkişiler dışında gerek mahkeme başkanı veya hâkim kararıyla, gerek kendiliğinden başka kimseleri davet ettirecek ise bunların ad ve adreslerini sanığa yine makul süre içinde bildirir.

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

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