Seri Muhakeme Usulü

Abstract

The Serial Judgement Procedure Öz: The Serial Judgement Procedure (SJP) entered into force in October together with the law regarding the Amendment ofthe Turkish Penal Procedure Code (TPPC). The SJP began to be implemented on January 1st, 2020. SJP is a process thatenables a public prosecutor to propose decreasing a penalty. To make this proposal, the public prosecutor must havesufficient evidence to initiate a trial regarding a crime, as set forth in Article 250 of the TPPC. To do this, the prosecutormakes a proposal stating that the sentence will be reduced by half if he accepts the offer. If this proposal is acceptedin the presence of his defense counsel, the public prosecutor prepares a written request and sends it to the court. Thecourt then listens to the suspect in the presence of his defense counsel. If the suspect accepts the offer, the judge willadjust the sentence according to the proposal. This study examines the conditions of Article 250 of the TPPC, whichregulates the SJP. Moreover, the disapproval of the current SJP system, which is new in the Turkish criminal procedurelaw system, is argued.