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Substantial Amendments to the Administrative Procedure
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Att. Alper Uzun
Law No. 6545, which entered into force through publication in the
Official Gazette dated 28.06.2014, essentially amends the
Administrative Procedure Law (“APC”) and adopts new provisions
pertaining to the administrative procedure.
With the amendment of Law No. 6545 several substantial changes
concerning the administrative procedure have been adopted, such as
the structuring of Regional Administrative Courts as courts of inter-
mediary appeal (“
istinaf
”), the replacement of the objection procedure
by the intermediary appeal procedure, the adoption of an expedited
trial procedure for certain cases, revision of judgments which are sub-
ject to appeal and the abolishment of the procedure for the revision of
judgment.
Expedited Trial Procedure
Adoption of the expedited trial procedure is one of the substantial
amendments adopted by Law No. 6545. As indicated by the texts of
legislative intent for the articles, certain administrative proceedings
have a different nature than the others and delay in the process of ren-
dering such judgments may result in damages difficult or impossible to
irrevocable or impossible to compensate. Since such proceedings are
required to be finalized as soon as possible, expedited trial procedure
is adopted in order to be applied in such cases.
Dispositions concerning expedited trial procedure are set forth in
Art. 20/A of the APL as follows:
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Article of September 2014