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Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 68: Explanation by the expert at the hearing

Part Three: Testimony, Expert Examination and Inspection › Chapter Two: Expert Examination

(1) The court may at any time decide that the expert be heard at the hearing, and may also summon the expert to the hearing to give explanations upon the request of one of the persons concerned.

(2) After giving their explanations, the experts shall remain in the courtroom unless the presiding judge or the judge permits them to withdraw; however, it is not mandatory that they be brought into the courtroom one by one and heard separately from one another.

(3) The provisions of the above paragraphs shall also apply to the questioning, at the hearing, of a specialist who has prepared a scientific opinion upon the request of the public prosecutor, the intervening party, his representative, the suspect or the accused, his defence counsel or legal representative.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 68 · Duruşmada bilirkişinin açıklaması

(1) Mahkeme, her zaman bilirkişinin duruşmada dinlenmesine karar verebileceği gibi, ilgililerden birinin istemesi halinde de açıklamalarda bulunmak üzere duruşmaya çağırabilir.

(2) Yaptıkları açıklamalardan sonra mahkeme başkanı veya hâkim, çekilmelerine izin vermedikçe, bilirkişiler duruşma salonunda kalırlar; ancak salona teker teker alınıp birbirinden ayrı olarak dinlenmeleri zorunlu değildir.

(3) Cumhuriyet savcısının, katılanın, vekilinin, şüphelinin veya sanığın, müdafiin veya kanunî temsilcinin istemi üzerine bilimsel mütalaa hazırlayan uzmanın duruşmada dinlenmesi hususunda da yukarıdaki fıkralar hükümleri uygulanır.

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

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