The public prosecutor initiates an investigation to investigate the truth of the matter in order to decide whether there is room for filing a public lawsuit. As a rule, the investigation is done confidentially, in writing and quickly.

The public prosecutor is the main judicial authority that conducts the investigation phase. Although the public prosecutor is a party as a subject during the prosecution phase, he has to act impartially while taking procedural action during the investigation phase.

The Prosecutor’s Office ensures a fair trial by performing or supervising all the stages of obtaining, preserving, and putting forward the evidence during the investigation phase.

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All procedural actions taken during the investigation phase are confidential as well.

The public prosecutor, directly or by the police, gendarmerie, etc. can do all kinds of research through law enforcement officers. It may request all kinds of information from all public officials in order to reveal the material truth through an investigation and to make a fair trial.

At the investigation stage, the Prosecutor’s Office may apply for all kinds of protection measures such as arrest, seizure, detention order, interception of communication or may request the judge to order these measures.

Law enforcement officers such as the police and gendarmerie, who are assigned to carry out investigations, are obliged to immediately notify the public prosecutor about the incidents they seized, the arrested persons and the measures implemented, and to fulfill all the investigation orders of this public prosecutor without delay.

Other public officials are also obliged to provide the information and documents needed within the scope of the ongoing investigation to the requesting Public Prosecutor without delay.

The lawyer can examine the contents of the file during the investigation phase and can get a copy of the documents he wants free of charge. The attorney’s authority to examine the contents of the file or to take samples from documents may be restricted by a judge’s decision upon the request of the Public Prosecutor, if it would work against the purpose of the investigation.

The authority to examine or take samples of the minutes containing the statement of the arrested person or the suspect, expert reports and other investigation proceedings in which the aforementioned persons are authorized to be present, cannot be restricted in any way.

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In the investigation, the rights of the suspect and the complainant are more restricted, the public prosecutor plays a leading role in the execution of the process. However, the procedural actions of the prosecutor’s office also in the investigation must be carried out in order to investigate the material truth and to ensure a fair trial.

Prosecution is the trial process that starts with the filing of a criminal case by issuing an indictment against the suspect as a result of the investigation. The prosecution phase is carried out by the court.

Prosecution is the stage of the trial, in which the claim and the defense mutually discuss, and on the other hand, the evidence that was not collected during the investigation stage is collected. As a rule, the prosecution carried out by the court is open to everyone, verbally and with a hearing.

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It can be decided that there is no need to carry out an investigation in the following cases ;

• If the denunciation reached the Prosecutor’s Office and it is clearly understood that the act that is the subject of the complaint does not constitute a crime, without requiring any investigation, a decision is made that there is no room for an investigation.

• If the denunciation and complaint received by the Prosecutor’s Office is abstract and general in nature, it is decided that there is no need for an investigation.

If it is decided that there is no place for an investigation, since no investigation has been initiated against the person complained of, he cannot be given the title of suspect.

The complainant or the injured party may appeal within fifteen days from the date of notification of the decision stating that there is no place for an investigation, to the magistrate’s office in the place where the high criminal court is located in the jurisdiction of the Public Prosecutor who made this decision.

If the criminal judge of peace finds the objection justified, the decision not to carry out an investigation is lifted, the public prosecutor initiates an investigation and if there is sufficient doubt about the suspect, he/she issues an indictment and submits it to the court.

However, if there is not enough doubt about the suspect to require a lawsuit, it is decided not to prosecute. Thus, an investigation will be made about the suspect, but no public action will be initiated.

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Although no time is stipulated in the law for the completion of the investigation, the investigation must be completed within a reasonable time depending on the nature of the concrete case, The duration of the investigation must be proportional to the actions to be taken.

A decision not to prosecute is a decision that ends the investigation. When the conditions for filing a criminal case are not met, the Prosecutor’s Office ends the investigation and decides not to prosecute.

It is possible to object to the decision of the Prosecutor’s Office as a result of the investigation that there is no ground for prosecution. The objection is made in writing to the criminal judge of peace. The criminal judgeship of peace examines whether the decision of the prosecutor’s office not to prosecute was appropriate. If the criminal judgeship of peace finds the decision of the prosecutor’s office not to prosecute, it rejects the appeal against the decision and the decision of the prosecutor’s office becomes final.

Against this decision of the criminal judge of peace, an action is taken for the benefit of the law. If the criminal judgeship of peace does not find the decision of the prosecutor’s office not to prosecute, it cancels the decision of non-prosecution on the objection and decides to conduct an investigation again.

After the decision not to prosecute and the objections against this decision are rejected, no public action can be brought for the same act, unless new evidence is obtained to create sufficient suspicion for the filing of a public action and a decision is made by the criminal judgeship of peace in this regard.

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It is crucial to get support from a lawyer during both the investigation and prosecution phase. Please contact Antalya Lawyer Ceren Topcu İncetaban and her Antalya Law Firm to follow these processes carefully, to get legal support to make the necessary defenses and objections, and to carry out these stages meticulously.