The “Law on the Amendment of Certain Laws”, which was discussed for days in the General Assembly of the Parliament and was accepted with revisions in some articles, including many regulations in the field of judiciary, published in the Official Gazette. 

 

The regulations, known as the 9th Judicial Reform Package in the public opinion, are as follows:

 

* The number of questions in the Entrance Examination for Legal Professions and Administrative Judiciary Preliminary Examination will be increased from 100 to 120. The addition of new fields to the exams, the way the exams are conducted and other issues related to the exams will be regulated by a regulation issued by the Ministry of Justice in consultation with the Council of Judges and Prosecutors, Council of Higher Education (YÖK), Student Selection and Placement Center (ÖSYM), the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey and the Union of Notaries Public of Turkey.

 

* With the amendment to the Law on Judges and Prosecutors, the duties and powers of justice inspectors will be determined.

 

* The husband, mother or child will be able to refute the presumption of paternity by filing a lawsuit for denial of paternity. This lawsuit will be filed against other persons who have the right to file a lawsuit. The mother will have to file a lawsuit within one year at the latest starting from the date of birth and the child within one year starting from the date of puberty.

 

* In the civil registry of minors who do not have the power of discernment, the names of the adoptive spouses will be written as the names of the mother and father in joint adoption, and the name of the adopter as the name of the mother or father in single adoption. This provision will be applied to other adopted persons upon their request.

 

* In terms of the offense of insult, the investigation and prosecution of which is subject to complaint, the complaint period will not exceed 2 years from the date of the act in any way.

 

* The offense of defamation through audio, written or video transmission will be removed from the scope of reconciliation and will be included in the scope of prepayment.

 

* If the suspect, the victim or the person harmed by the crime does not notify his/her decision within 7 days after the reconciliation offer is made to him/her, he/she will be deemed to have rejected the offer.

 

* In the event that reconciliation is achieved, a lawsuit for compensation cannot be filed due to the crime under investigation, except for damages that cannot be determined at the time of reconciliation or that occur after reconciliation.

 

* A law degree will be required to become a conciliator. Conciliators will be appointed from the lists of conciliators determined by the Ministry of Justice, which includes graduates of law faculties.

 

* Those who have completed mediation training and have 20 years of seniority in the profession will be able to register in the mediation registry without taking a written exam.

 

* With the amendment to the Highways Traffic Law, the sales procedure of vehicles in trustee parking lots that are banned from traffic due to being found or in accordance with the provisions of the law and that are not received or searched by their owners within 6 months will be redefined.

 

* For the annotations such as unsaleable, non-transferable, attachment, precautionary attachment, pledge in the registry of the vehicles in this situation, the relevant institutions will be notified that these vehicles will be sold and the sale procedures will be initiated; all annotations on the vehicles will be deemed to be removed as of the date of sale without the need for any further action, and the registration records, if any, will be corrected accordingly.