What is an Appeal? What is the Court of Appeal? How Long Does the Court of Appeal Take?

Appeal is a legal remedy that ensures that the decisions made by the local court are audited by the higher court, both in terms of case and law. The appeal review by the regional courts of appeal can generally take between 1 and 2 years.

Since most of the cases are appealed and transferred to the Regional Court of Justice, the parties who cannot get the desired result in the local courts with the appeal, which is a legal path familiar to almost everyone in the litigation process, can present their objections by taking the decision to a higher court.

What is an Appeal?

The appeal is against the decision made by the local court, as well as the supervision of the higher court in terms of law. With the examination made by the regional courts of appeal, in some cases, it can take the place of the court of first instance and decide on the merits.

The application deadline is 2 weeks. A written appeal petition is submitted to the court of first instance that made the decision.

What is the Court of Appeal?

The appeal examination is carried out by the regional courts of appeal.

How Long Does it Take to Decide in the Court of Appeal?

Today, the appeal examination carried out by the regional courts of appeal takes approximately 1,5 to 2 years.

What is the Rate of Overturning the Decision of the Court of Appeal?

According to the statistics of 2021 announced by the Ministry of Justice;

• Reversal rate of the Supreme Court Criminal General Assembly 27,9%
• Reversal rate of Criminal Chambers of the Supreme Court 32,2%
• Reversal rate of the Supreme Court of Appeals General Assembly 46,2%
• The reversal rate of the Civil Chambers of the Supreme Court is 13,6%.

It can be said that these rates are slightly higher in regional courts of appeal.

What is the Difference Between Appeal and Appeal?

Appeal is a legal remedy made by the Supreme Court and applied against the decisions of the regional court of appeal.

The appeal is made after the examination of the appeal, but in the appeal the evidence is not examined, it is simply checked whether the correct rule of law is applied to the problem in the case.