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2872; disputes related to the Council of Ministers’ decision in accor-
dance with the Law on Transformation of Places at Disaster Risk No.
6303.
According to the expedited trial procedure, the term of litigation is
thirty days and the time for preparation of defense is fifteen days
beginning from notification date of the complaint. Moreover, decisions
related to the request of stay order may not be appealed. These actions
must be concluded within one month at the latest, beginning from the
consummation of the action. Expedited trial procedure provides only
the second appeal procedure which may be requested within fifteen
days beginning from the notification of the final decision. The second
appeal request must conclude within two months at the latest.
Amendments Regarding the Criminal Courts of Peace
As per Law No. 6545, the criminal courts of peace are replaced
with the criminal judicature of peace. The criminal judicature of peace
takes judicial decisions, deals with affaires and examines the objec-
tions against all these.
Moreover, certain changes appear in legal remedies within the
scope of the Law of Criminal Procedure No. 5271. Before such amend-
ments, criminal courts of first instance examined the objections made
against decisions of the criminal court of peace. In accordance with the
new regulation, objections made against the criminal judicature of
peace are examined by the subsequent numbered judicature of peace,
in case there is more than one criminal judicature of peace within the
relevant judicial locality.
Amendments Regarding the Commercial Court of First Instance
The Law No. 6545 contains structural changes regarding the com-
mercial courts of first instance, such as abandoning the single judge
system and bringing the court board system.
The court board is composed of a chief judge and two members.
Law No. 6545 lists the actions to be concluded by the commercial
court of first instance. Some of these actions are listed as follows:
actions for which the value of the claim is over three hundred thousand
Turkish lira; actions regarding bankruptcy, postponement of bankrupt-
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