22.06.2026 12:11
AK Party Deputy Group Chairman Muhammed Emin Akbaşoğlu announced that the 12th Judicial Package, consisting of 30 articles, has been submitted to the Turkish Grand National Assembly. The new bill, aimed at accelerating trial processes, includes notable regulations such as limiting the time between hearings to three months, resolving administrative disputes by a single judge's decision, and granting heirs special auction rights in cases regarding the dissolution of co-ownership.
New legal regulations prepared to accelerate the judicial system and facilitate citizens' access to justice services have been submitted to the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM). AK Party Deputy Group Chairman Muhammed Emin Akbaşoğlu shared the details of the highly anticipated 12th Judicial Package.
THE 'SINGLE JUDGE' ERA IN ADMINISTRATIVE JURISDICTION
Akbaşoğlu stated that the main philosophy of the new judicial package is to prevent delays in trials, emphasizing that the scope of administrative courts will be expanded. With the new regulation, disputes in administrative cases can now be decided by a single judge.
KEY ARTICLES OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL PACKAGE
The other prominent critical articles of the package, which has been submitted to Parliament and will bring fundamental changes to the legal system, were listed as follows:
Indefinite Claim Lawsuit Abolished: The 'indefinite claim lawsuit,' one of the important tools in the legal system, is being abolished. Instead, when a partial lawsuit is filed, the statute of limitations will be considered interrupted from the date the lawsuit was filed. Additionally, plaintiffs will be granted the right to increase the claim value once without needing the right to 'rectification.'
Requirement to Apply to the Administration: For all debt lawsuits or enforcement proceedings to be filed against state institutions and administrative bodies, it will become a legal obligation to apply to the administration before the process.
Free Notarial Documents: According to another step to facilitate citizens' affairs, certified copies of documents requested from notaries can be sent to the parties electronically quickly and without any cost.
Special Auction Right for Heirs: In lawsuits for the dissolution of joint ownership through sale (izale-i şüyu), external participation will not be allowed in the first auction held for properties put up for sale. Only the heirs who are owners will be eligible to enter this first auction.
Limitation on Hearing Intervals: To prevent cases from lasting for years, the interval between hearings will be regulated and will not exceed 3 months in general practice.
Digitalization to Accelerate: The use of technological facilities in trials will be increased, making e-hearing and electronic notification systems much more widespread.
Expert Examination Restriction: Expert examination, which is one of the factors prolonging trials, will be narrowed down and only requested in mandatory matters requiring technical expertise.
New Regulation for Supreme Court Decisions: The Supreme Court will no longer be able to overturn local court decisions solely on procedural grounds such as 'lack of jurisdiction' and 'lack of venue.'
SPECIAL AUCTION FOR HEIRS
Highlights from the speech of AK Party Deputy Group Chairman Muhammed Emin Akbaşoğlu were as follows:
Dear colleagues, under the heading of dissolution of joint ownership and priority sale among heirs, our fellow members of parliament are indeed signing an important regulation. Again, in order to protect property rights and family ties, we are eliminating the abuses experienced in practice in lawsuits for the dissolution of joint ownership through sale. In the sale of immovable properties inherited through inheritance, we stipulate that the first public auction will be held only among the heirs who are owners. Thus, we enable family heirlooms to remain primarily among the heirs at 100% of the estimated value of the property.
NEW REGULATION IN NOTARY SERVICES
Dear press members, in order to reduce bureaucracy and benefit from the opportunities of digitalization at the highest level in the judicial field, we are introducing a great convenience in notarial procedures. In cases where the originals of notarial documents and books are requested by the court or chief public prosecutor's offices, we regulate the possibility for notaries to keep a certified copy on site and send the original to the relevant authority, and when a certified copy is requested, to scan the document electronically and deliver it to the relevant authority within seconds with a secure electronic signature. By not charging any taxes, duties, or stamp fees for these transactions, we relieve the parties of financial burden and enable processes to accelerate and the judiciary to reach a conclusion more quickly.
SCOPE OF CASES TO BE DECIDED BY A SINGLE JUDGE EXPANDED
At the same time, we are taking an important step to prevent delays in trials in administrative jurisdiction and to alleviate the workload of courts, dear colleagues. We are expanding the scope of cases to be resolved by a single judge in administrative courts. For 2026, annulment and full remedy cases with a subject matter not exceeding 486,000 Turkish Lira, as well as certain disputes related to students and public officials, will now be promptly decided by a single judge.
Another regulation of ours takes an important step in administrative jurisdiction to strengthen the freedom to seek rights. With the regulation we will make, we are introducing a new regulation to solve the problem of cases being prolonged due to files moving back and forth between courts on procedural grounds in administrative jurisdiction, dear colleagues. We introduce the possibility for regional administrative courts, if the outcome of the first instance court's decision is in accordance with the law, to quickly resolve the dispute by correcting the reasoning instead of annulling the decision solely due to a reasoning error.
Furthermore, by clearly and explicitly reorganizing the right to appeal to the Council of State against decisions made by regional administrative courts on the merits for the first time, we continue to protect our citizens' guarantee of seeking rights in this matter.
Dear colleagues, there is a regulation concerning the Forensic Medicine Institute. Here, we strengthen the scientific and administrative capacity of the institution in light of the principle of certainty. We clarify with the law the requirement of specialization in medicine or dentistry or a doctoral degree in the field for appointment to the chair and membership of expert boards, and it is stipulated that the term of office for these duties, such as group presidencies and expert department presidencies, is limited to 4 years.
We impose disciplinary sanctions on matters that require resolution through legal knowledge necessary for the issue of judgeship and prosecutorship. To ensure that the expert witness institution remains limited to technical fields, we prevent this with such a regulation and pave the way for the acceleration of cases that need to be concluded with legal knowledge. We also base the sensitivity of judges and prosecutors on the merits.