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Courts of Turkey

Ordinary courts and administrative courts run in parallel, with a Constitutional Court that also hears individual applications.

Updated October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.

Ordinary courts

Court of Cassation (Yargıtay)
Regional Courts of Appeal
First-instance civil and criminal courts

Administrative courts

Council of State (Danıştay)
Regional administrative courts
Administrative and tax courts

Stands apart from the chain of appeals

Constitutional CourtReviews laws and hears individual applications
Appeals travel up the arrows. Boxes with a heavier border are the top court of each track.

Worth knowing

  • The model follows the French split between ordinary and administrative courts.

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