The judicial holiday starts on the twenty of July and ends on the thirty-first of August every year. Our new judicial year begins on a September.
I – COURTS OF FIRST DEPARTMENT OF JUDICIAL JURISDICTION
A- LEGAL COURTS
Judicial vacation period
ARTICLE 102- (Amendment: 8/8/2011-KHK-650/33 art.; Cancellation: With the Decision of the Constitutional Court dated 18/7/2012 and numbered E.: 2011/113 K.: 2012/108.; (1 ) Re-arrangement: 27/6/2013-6494/30 art.) (1) The said Cancellation Decision entered into force on 1/7/2013.
(1) The judicial holiday starts on July 20 and ends on August 31, every year. The new judicial year begins on a September.
Cases and works to be seen during the judicial holiday:
ARTICLE 103 – (1) Only the following cases and actions are taken during the judicial holiday:
a) Deciding on temporary legal protection such as interim injunction, precautionary attachment and detection of evidence, requests for obtaining maritime reports and appointment of dispatcher, objections to these and other applications.
b) All kinds of alimony cases and cases or works related to paternity, custody and guardianship.
c) Correction of population records and lawsuits.
ç) Lawsuits filed by workers due to service contract or employment contract.
d) Requests for issuance of a certificate of loss due to the loss of commercial books and cancellations arising from the loss of valuable papers.
e) Works and lawsuits related to bankruptcy and concordat and restructuring of capital companies and cooperatives by compromise.
f) Discoveries decided to be made during the judicial holiday.
g) Cases and proceedings falling within the jurisdiction of the court in accordance with the arbitration provisions.
ğ) Non-contested judicial affairs.
h) Cases and actions that are stated to be urgent in the law or that are decided to be heard urgently by the court upon the request of one of the parties.
(2) In case of agreement of the parties or if the case is pending in the absence of a party, upon the request of the party present, the handling of the above works and cases may be postponed until after the judicial recess.
(3) Receiving lawsuits, counterclaims, appeal and appeal petitions, reply petitions against them, and renewal petitions, issuing a verdict, all kinds of notifications, filing in other cases, related to the cases and works other than those shown in the above paragraphs, during the judicial holiday. The process of sending it to a court, regional court of appeal or Supreme Court is also done.
(4) The provisions of this article are also applied in the examinations of the regional courts of appeal and the Court of Cassation.
Effect of judicial vacation on durations:
ARTICLE 104- (1) In cases and works subject to judicial vacation, if the expiry of the periods determined by this Law coincides with the time of vacation, these periods are deemed to be extended by one week from the day the judicial vacation ends, without the need for a separate decision.
B- CRIMINAL COURTS
JUDICIAL HOLIDAY
Article 331 –
(1) (Amendment: 8/8/2011-KHK-650/27 art.; Cancellation: With the Decision of the Constitutional Court dated 18/7/2012 and numbered E.: 2011/113 K.: 2012/108.; Re-arrangement : 27/6/2013-6494/25 art.) The authorities and courts dealing with criminal matters take a break from their work from July 20 to August 31, starting on September 1 each year.
(2) The High Council of Judges and Prosecutors determines how the investigation, prosecutions regarding detention and other matters to be considered urgent will be carried out during the vacation period.
(3) During the holiday, the regional courts of appeal and the Court of Cassation will only examine the cases related to the detentions or in accordance with the Code of Procedure of the Notorious Crimes.
(4) Periods coinciding with judicial holidays do not run. These periods are deemed to be extended by three days from the day the holiday ends.
II – ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION (REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION, ADMINISTRATIVE and TAX COURTS)
General Principles Regarding Terms
Article 8 – 3. If the expiry of the periods written in this Law coincides with the time for a break from working, these periods are deemed to be extended by seven days from the date following the end of the break.
stop work
ARTICLE 61 – 1. Regional administrative, administrative and tax courts take a break from working every year from July 20 to August 31, starting on September. . These courts continue their duties without being subject to the limitation in Article 62.
During the pause period; Upon the proposal of the head of the regional administrative court, a duty court is established by the Supreme Council of Judges and Prosecutors, with three judges to be appointed from among the chairman and members of the administrative and tax courts at each regional administrative court center. The most senior chairman among those who remain on duty, otherwise the most senior member shall preside over the duty court.
The annual leave rights of those who cannot benefit from work without interruption and remain on duty are reserved.
Duties of the duty court
Article 62 – The duty court performs the following works during the period of suspense:
a) Works related to stay of execution and determination of evidence,
b) Issues that must be decided within a certain period of time by law.
Definition and regulation in the Law on the Council of State;
Suspend work:
Article 86 – 1st Council of State
They take a break from working from July 20 to August 31, starting on September every year.
Definition and regulation in the TCA Law;
Leave and interruption of work:
ARTICLE 64 – (3) The General Assembly of the Turkish Court of Accounts, the Board of Appeals, the Board of Chambers and their departments take a break from the twenty July to the thirty-one August each year, starting on one September.
Definition and regulation in the Military Court of Cassation Law;
Judicial suspension:
Article 25 – General judicial suspense in peacetime is also applied in the Military Court of Cassation.
Definition and regulation in the Military High Administrative Court Law;
Suspend work:
Article 85-1 In peacetime, the Supreme Military Administrative Court suspends its work from July 20 to August 31, starting on September every year.
There is no judicial holiday in the Constitutional Court, the work continues. In short, time is running out.
In cases and works that are not subject to judicial vacation, time runs out.
We wish you good work…