Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 26: Procedure for the request for disqualification

Part One: Scope, Definitions, Subject-Matter Jurisdiction and Territorial Jurisdiction › Chapter Five: Disqualification and Challenge of Judges

(1) The disqualification of a judge shall be requested by a petition to be submitted to the court to which he belongs or by applying to the court clerk for the drawing up of a record on this matter.

(2) The person requesting disqualification is obliged to disclose all the grounds for disqualification he has learned of at once and to set them out together with the relevant facts within the time limit.

(3) The judge whose disqualification is requested shall state in writing his views on the grounds for disqualification.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 26 · Ret isteminin usulü

(1) Hâkimin reddi, mensup olduğu mahkemeye verilecek dilekçeyle veya bu hususta zabıt kâtibine bir tutanak düzenlenmesi için başvurulması suretiyle yapılır.

(2) Ret isteminde bulunan, öğrendiği ret sebeplerinin tümünü bir defada açıklamak ve süresi içinde olguları ile birlikte ortaya koymakla yükümlüdür.

(3) Reddi istenen hâkim, ret sebepleri hakkındaki görüşlerini yazılı olarak bildirir.

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

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