The Court of Cassation of Turkey, known as Yargitay, is the country's highest appellate body for civil and criminal cases, reviewing the verdicts of Turkey's ordinary courts as the last instance in the judicial system. Its lineage traces to the Divan-i Ahkam-i Adliye founded in 1868 under Sultan Abdülaziz, renamed Mahkeme-i Temyiz in 1879 and given its present name in 1945, and it sits in Ankara organized into thirty chambers, twenty civil and ten criminal.
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Founding Year Founded Date Jurisdiction Scopelast instance for reviewing verdicts given by courts of criminal and civil justice in Turkey 1 Jurisdiction Scope
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Source Dunyanin ilk kadin yargitay uyesi bir Turk tu, Hurriyet
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The first modern court of appeals, Divan-ı Ahkam-ı Adliye, which was the first form of today's Yargıtay, was established during the reign of Abdülaziz on 6 March 1868.
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6 March 1868; 158 years ago (1868-03-06)
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Location: Ankara
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is the last instance for reviewing verdicts given by courts of criminal and civil justice in Turkey.
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The Court of Cassation, officially called the Supreme Court of Appeals of the Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Yargıtay Başkanlığı, Yargıtay for short), is the last instance for reviewing verdicts given by courts of criminal and civil justice in Turkey.
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Wikidata Q598862, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Dunyanin ilk kadin yargitay uyesi bir Turk tu, Hurriyet
Has Member: Melahat Ruacan, News report, Melahat Ruacan elected to the Court of Cassation in 1945Quote, Has Member: Melahat Ruacan, News report, Melahat Ruacan elected to the Court of Cassation in 1945
1945 yılında yargıtay üyeliğine seçilen Melahat Ruacan aynı zamanda dünyanın ilk kadın yargıtay üyesidir. Türk kadını, dünya kadınları arasında onurlu ve saygın bir yere sahiptir” diye yazdı. Gençcan, Ruacan’la ilgili o dönemde çıkan bir gazetedeki, ‘Dünyada ilk kadın temyiz azası: Türk’ başlıklı bir haberin küpürünü de paylaştı.
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