INSIGHTS

Insights on Turkish criminal law for complex and cross-border matters.

Short, source-based notes intended for lawyers and decision-makers who need a clear view of the Turkish-law issue.

The Second File: Immigration Measures Alongside a Turkish Criminal Case

How a removal decision, administrative detention and an entry ban are decided in Türkiye, which court hears each challenge, on what deadlines, and why release from the criminal court settles nothing.

What Is in a Turkish Criminal File, and What Can Be Obtained from Abroad

Who may examine a Turkish criminal file, what a restriction decision closes, how instructions are given from abroad, and what a document needs before a foreign court reads it.

After the First Days: Detention, Release Conditions and Leaving Türkiye

What a Turkish court can order once the first days are over: the detention decision, the statutory ceilings, the review cycle, objection, judicial control, and the travel ban that outlives the case.

Before Travelling to Türkiye: INTERPOL Alerts, Arrest Warrants and Entry Risk

What public searches, CCF access requests and Turkish records can — and cannot — establish before travel, including arrest, extradition, refugee-protection and immigration risk.

Encrypted Platform Data in Turkish Courts: Where the Argument Actually Is

An account of how foreign-obtained encrypted-platform data enters Turkish criminal and extradition files, and how validity, integrity, attribution, transfer records and judicial reasoning are contested.

Article 220 and the Structure of Multi-defendant Proceedings in Türkiye

An explanation of how Article 220 structures multi-defendant organisation cases in Türkiye, including the existence threshold, role-based liability, aiding, effective remorse, evidence, detention and strategy.

Preparing a Mutual Legal Assistance Request to Türkiye

A practical account of how criminal mutual legal assistance requests to Türkiye are routed and executed, including special procedures, search and seizure, video links, provisional measures and transfer of proceedings.

MASAK Measures in Türkiye: Suspension, Seizure and Review

A guide to identifying why a Turkish account has been restricted and distinguishing MASAK transaction suspension, criminal seizure, institution-led controls and the routes by which each measure ends.

Challenging INTERPOL Red Notices Originating from Türkiye

A procedural guide for foreign counsel challenging INTERPOL data originating in Türkiye, covering the domestic file, CCF admissibility and timing, available grounds, and the limits of deletion.

Extradition from Türkiye: What Happens, in What Order, and Where It Can Stop

An ordered account of how Türkiye handles a foreign state's extradition request, from Central Authority screening and provisional arrest to judicial review, appeal and the executive stage.