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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 216: Discussion of evidence

Book Three: Prosecution Stage › Part One: Conduct of the Public Action › Chapter Four: Presentation and Discussion of Evidence

(1) In the discussion of the evidence presented, the floor shall be given, in order, to the intervening party or his or her representative, the public prosecutor, the accused and the defence counsel or the legal representative.

(2) The public prosecutor, and the intervening party or his or her representative, may respond to the statements of the accused, the defence counsel or the legal representative; and the accused and the defence counsel or the legal representative may likewise respond to the statements of the public prosecutor and of the intervening party or his or her representative.

(3) Before the judgment, the last word shall be given to the accused who is present. Added sentence: 15/8/2017, Decree-Law No. 694, Art. 148; adopted without amendment: 1/2/2018, Law No. 7078, Art. 143 At this stage, the absence of the mandatory defence counsel shall not prevent the pronouncement of the judgment.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 216 · Delillerin tartışılması

(1) Ortaya konulan delillerle ilgili tartışmada söz, sırasıyla katılana veya vekiline, Cumhuriyet savcısına, sanığa ve müdafiine veya kanunî temsilcisine verilir.

(2) Cumhuriyet savcısı, katılan veya vekili, sanığın, müdafiinin veya kanunî temsilcisinin açıklamalarına; sanık ve müdafii ya da kanunî temsilcisi de Cumhuriyet savcısının ve katılanın veya vekilinin açıklamalarına cevap verebilir.

(3) Hükümden önce son söz, hazır bulunan sanığa verilir. (Ek cümle: 15/8/2017-KHK-694/148 md.; Aynen kabul: 1/2/2018-7078/143 md.) Bu aşamada zorunlu müdafiin hazır bulunmaması hükmün açıklanmasına engel teşkil etmez.

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

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