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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 290: Violation of rules in favour of the defendant

Book Six: Legal Remedies › Part Two: Ordinary Legal Remedies › Chapter Three: Appeal on Points of Law

(1) A violation of rules of law that are in favour of the defendant does not give the public prosecutor a right to have the judgment reversed to the detriment of the defendant.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 290 · Sanığın yararına olan kurallara aykırılık

(1) Sanığın yararına olan hukuk kurallarına aykırılık, sanık aleyhine hükmün bozdurulması için Cumhuriyet savcısına bir hak vermez.

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

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