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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 204: Removal of the accused

Book Three: Prosecution Stage › Part One: Conduct of the Public Action › Chapter Three: Order and Discipline of the Hearing

(1) Where it is understood that, owing to his or her conduct, the presence of the accused would endanger the orderly conduct of the hearing, the accused shall be removed from the courtroom. If the court does not consider the presence of the accused at the hearing to be indispensable for his or her defence in view of the state of the case file, it shall continue and conclude the session in his or her absence. However, if the accused has no defence counsel, the court shall request the bar association to assign a defence counsel. The procedural acts performed in his or her absence shall be explained to the accused whom it is decided to readmit to the session.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 204 · Sanığın dışarı çıkarılması

(1) Davranışları nedeniyle, hazır bulunmasının duruşmanın düzenli olarak yürütülmesini tehlikeye sokacağı anlaşıldığında sanık, duruşma salonundan çıkarılır. Mahkeme, sanığın duruşmada hazır bulunmasını dosyanın durumuna göre savunması bakımından zorunlu görmezse, oturumu yokluğunda sürdürür ve bitirir. Ancak, sanığın müdafii yoksa, mahkeme barodan bir müdafi görevlendirilmesini ister. Oturuma yeniden alınmasına karar verilen sanığa, yokluğunda yapılan işlemler açıklanır.

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

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