Step-by-step conveyancing and procedure stages

Emergency response

If you are in custody, we move first to attend the station, assert your rights, arrange a free interpreter and ensure you are not questioned without protection.

Understand the file

We obtain access to the investigation file (where permitted), establish the exact allegation and evidence, and explain your real position in plain English.

Protect your liberty

At the judge's hearing we argue for release or judicial control instead of remand, and object to any detention decision we consider disproportionate.

Build the defence

We gather exculpatory evidence, witnesses, contracts and certified translations, and prepare a considered statement or defence rather than an improvised one.

Engage the prosecutor

Where the facts support it, we press for a decision not to prosecute, framing civil disputes as civil and exposing weak or insufficient evidence.

Defend at trial

If an indictment is accepted, we represent you fully through the hearings, challenging evidence and presenting your case before the court.

Appeal if needed

We diary every deadline and, where grounds exist, pursue istinaf and temyiz appeals to the Regional Court of Justice and the Court of Cassation.

Critical statutory deadlines and calendar windows

Time limits that appear in this case

24 hours~~General limit on police custody for an individual offence, plus the excluded travel time needed to bring you before the nearest judge (CMK art. 91).~~

4 days~~Maximum custody for collective offences (committed by three or more people together), extended in stages by written prosecutor's order (CMK art. 91).~~

7 days~~Indicative deadline for an istinaf appeal to the Regional Court of Justice, running from pronouncement or service — confirm the exact date with your lawyer the moment a verdict is pronounced.~~

15 daysIndicative deadline for a temyiz appeal to the Court of Cassation, where that route is open at all — it is closed for a range of lower-sentence outcomes, so confirm availability and date immediately.

What to do now

If you are stopped, detained or asked to come in, keep the first hour simple and disciplined. These are the things to say, ask for and gather.

Ask, clearly and in any language, for a lawyer and a free interpreter — "Avukat istiyorum, tercüman istiyorum" — and then wait before discussing the allegation.
Give your identity details truthfully (name, nationality, address); you are required to provide these, and nothing more about the allegation.
Ask that a relative and your consulate be notified of the detention, and accept the medical examination at the start and end of custody, mentioning any injury or medical condition.
Read nothing into a document you cannot verify: do not sign a statement that has not been read back to you in a language you fully understand, and never sign a blank space.
Gather the paperwork behind the allegation — contracts, transfer records, correspondence, messages — especially where the matter began as a commercial or property dispute.
Prepare the material that supports release under judicial control rather than remand: proof of a stable address, travel documents you are willing to surrender, and any ties to Türkiye.
Check with a lawyer whether any exit or travel ban applies to you before you make travel plans, and have every appeal deadline diarised the moment a verdict is pronounced.

Governing statutory provisions under Turkish law

5271~~LAW NO.~~

Code of Criminal Procedure (Ceza Muhakemesi Kanunu) · arts. 91, 147, 149–150, 202

Governs how a case runs — custody limits, the rights read to you before questioning including silence, the right to counsel and to a free interpreter, and the rules on remand (arts. 100–101) and judicial control (arts. 109–110).

5237~~LAW NO.~~

Turkish Penal Code (Türk Ceza Kanunu)

Defines the offences and their punishments — fraud, assault, threats, drug offences, forgery and others — together with the general principles of legality, intent, attempt, complicity and self-defence.

6458~~LAW NO.~~

Law on Foreigners and International Protection · art. 54

The immigration hook: certain convictions can ground a deportation decision, and a criminal outcome may also affect a residence permit.

Turkish Criminal Defense: Investigation Stages, Detention Appeals & Court Timeline