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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 265: Scope of the outcome of an application by the public prosecutor

Book Six: Legal Remedies › Part One: General Provisions

(1) A decision against which the public prosecutor has resorted to a legal remedy may be reversed or modified in favour of the accused. Where the public prosecutor resorts to a legal remedy in favour of the accused, the new judgment may not contain a penalty heavier than the penalty imposed in the previous judgment.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 265 · Cumhuriyet savcısının başvuru sonucunun kapsamı

(1) Cumhuriyet savcısı tarafından aleyhine kanun yoluna gidilen karar, sanık lehine bozulabilir veya değiştirilebilir. Cumhuriyet savcısı, kanun yoluna sanık lehine başvurduğunda, yeniden verilen hüküm önceki hükümde tayin edilmiş olan cezadan daha ağır bir cezayı içeremez.

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

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