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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 318: Decision on the admissibility of a request for reopening and the competent authority

Book Six: Legal Remedies › Part Three: Extraordinary Legal Remedies › Chapter Three: Reopening of the Proceedings

(1) A request for reopening of the proceedings shall be submitted to the court that rendered the judgment. That court shall decide whether the request is admissible.

(2) In cases where the Court of Cassation has directly rendered judgment under Article 303, application shall also be made to the court that rendered the judgment.

(3) The decision on whether a request for reopening of the proceedings is admissible shall be rendered without a hearing.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 318 · Yenileme isteminin kabule değer olup olmadığı kararı ve mercii

(1) Yargılamanın yenilenmesi istemi, hükmü veren mahkemeye sunulur. Bu mahkeme, istemin kabule değer olup olmadığına karar verir.

(2) 303 üncü madde gereğince Yargıtayın doğrudan hüküm kurduğu hâllerde de hükmü vermiş olan mahkemeye başvurulur.

(3) Yargılamanın yenilenmesi isteminin kabule değer olup olmadığına dair olan karar, duruşma yapılmaksızın verilir.

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

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