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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 308: Power of objection of the Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation

Book Six: Legal Remedies › Part Three: Extraordinary Legal Remedies › Chapter One: Power of Objection of the Chief Public Prosecutor

(1) Amended: 16/7/2026, Law No. 7589, Art. 17 The Chief Public Prosecutor of the Court of Cassation may, ex officio or upon request, object to the Criminal General Assembly against all decisions of the criminal chambers of the Court of Cassation, except decisions designating the competent court and decisions of lack of jurisdiction, within three months from the date on which the file was delivered to him or her. No time limit applies to an objection in favour of the accused.

(2) Added: 2/7/2012, Law No. 6352, Art. 99 Upon the objection, the file shall be sent to the chamber whose decision is objected to.

(3) Added: 2/7/2012, Law No. 6352, Art. 99 The chamber shall examine the objection as soon as possible and, if it finds it justified, shall correct its decision; if it does not, it shall send the file to the Criminal General Assembly of the Court of Cassation.

(4) Added: 16/7/2026, Law No. 7589, Art. 17 The request shall be made by the accused or by those entitled to seek a legal remedy on behalf of the accused, as well as by the intervening party, by a person whose request to intervene has not been decided, or by a person who has been harmed by the offence in such a way as to be able to acquire the status of intervening party.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 308 · Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcısının itiraz yetkisi

(1) (Değişik:16/7/2026-7589/17 md.) Yargıtay ceza dairelerinin yargı yeri belirlenmesi ve görevsizlik kararları hariç olmak üzere tüm kararlarına karşı Yargıtay Cumhuriyet Başsavcısı, re’sen veya istem üzerine, dosyanın kendisine teslim edildiği tarihten itibaren üç ay içinde Ceza Genel Kuruluna itiraz edebilir. Sanığın lehine itirazda süre aranmaz.

(2) (Ek: 2/7/2012-6352/99 md.) İtiraz üzerine dosya, kararına itiraz edilen daireye gönderilir.

(3) (Ek: 2/7/2012-6352/99 md.) Daire, mümkün olan en kısa sürede itirazı inceler ve yerinde görürse kararını düzeltir; görmezse dosyayı Yargıtay Ceza Genel Kuruluna gönderir.

(4) (Ek:16/7/2026-7589/17 md.) İstem, sanık veya sanık adına kanun yoluna başvurma hakkı olanlar ile katılan, katılma isteği karara bağlanmamış ya da katılan sıfatını alabilecek surette suçtan zarar görmüş bulunanlar tarafından yapılır.

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

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