Which Cases Does A Criminal Lawyer Handle?
The cases handled by criminal lawyers are the cases filed as a result of the commission of acts regulated as crimes in the Turkish Penal Code and special laws. In criminal cases, there are victim – complainant – injured by the crime – participant representative and defence counsel who protects the legal interest of the defendant. In criminal cases, unlike civil cases, there is a public prosecutor in the prosecution office. İn civil cases, the Public Prosecutor does not serve, except for exceptions.
Criminal courts are divided into criminal court of first instance, criminal court of peace, heavy criminal court, juvenile court, juvenile heavy criminal court and intellectual and industrial rights criminal courts. The court in which the case will be heard is determined according to the nature of the offence, the manner in which it was committed and the age or source of the person who committed the offence.
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