Execution Law

The branch of law that examines how prison sentences, judicial fines, and other security measures imposed by criminal courts will be implemented is called **Execution Law (İnfaz Hukuku)**. Execution Law is closely related to Criminal Law and is broadly considered part of this legal field. Once the judgments rendered by Criminal Courts become final, their execution begins. Execution Law is crucial for the humanitarian conduct of the execution phase, the protection of convicts’ rights, and the success of the punishment’s rehabilitation aim.

The prominent authority in the execution phase is the **Execution Judgeship (İnfaz Hakimliği)**. The Execution Judgeship is responsible for examining and deciding on complaints raised against actions taken regarding convicts and detainees in penal institutions and detention houses, as well as decisions related to the execution of sentences and security measures. These duties are specified in Article 4 of Law No. 4675 as follows:

1. To examine and decide on complaints regarding procedures or activities such as the acceptance, placement, accommodation, heating, clothing, nutrition, provision of cleanliness, medical examination and treatment for the protection of physical and mental health, external relations, and employment of convicts and detainees in penal institutions and detention houses.
2. To examine and decide on complaints regarding procedures or activities such as the execution of convicts’ sentences, their subjection to observation, transfer to open penal institutions, leave, dispatch, transfer, and release; and the dispatch and release of detainees.
3. To examine and decide on complaints regarding disciplinary measures taken and disciplinary penalties imposed on convicts and detainees, based on the allegation that they are contrary to the provisions of the law or other legislation.
4. To examine the reports prepared and submitted by the penal institutions and detention houses monitoring boards concerning their findings in the penal institutions and detention houses within their jurisdiction, and to decide on any matters of complaint contained therein.
5. To examine complaints against the decisions given by the Public Prosecutor regarding the execution of sentences and security measures.
6. To take decisions and perform actions required to be taken by a judge or court regarding the execution of sentences and security measures, including decisions to be made in cases of set-off, statutory limitation of penalty, and the death of the convict.
7. To perform other duties assigned by law.

**As Celil Aktaş Law Firm**, we provide legal consultancy to our clients to ensure they can effectively exercise their rights **in all matters related to Execution Law**, such as requests for the postponement of sentence execution, demands for the deduction of the detention period from the sentence, objections to the sentence calculation statement (müddetname), objections to the decision to revoke conditional release, complaints regarding the transfer of convicts to open penal institutions, and objections to the decisions of the administrative observation board.