According
to the decision published in the Official Journal on 22 April 2026, the Council
of Judges and Prosecutors has decided to establish new specialized courts. The
decision will apply to new cases and proceedings filed as of 1 June 2026. The
regulation aims to ensure that judicial services are delivered in a more
effective, efficient, and specialized manner.
Specialization
will not only deepen technical expertise but also contribute to the
standardization of judicial processes, enhance the predictability of decisions,
and strengthen the consistency of case law.
The
Council of Judges and Prosecutors has decided that, taking into account the
current workload and pending case inventory, Administrative Courts
numbered 2, 3, 4, and 16 in Ankara will have jurisdiction
over cases arising from;
- Law Nr.
3194 on Zoning, including zoning plans, subdivision procedures, building permit
processes, occupancy permits and other authorizations, demolition and/or
sealing orders, building registration certificate applications, zoning
administrative fines, and other penalties and sanctions imposed under the said
Law, as well as other administrative acts carried out pursuant to Law Nr. 3194,
- Law Nr. 6306 on Transformation of Areas Under
Disaster Risk, and urban transformation practices,
- Law Nr. 3621 on the Coast Law and other applicable
coastal regulations,
- Law Nr. 2863 on Conservation of Cultural and
Natural Assets, Law Nr. 5366 on Renewal and Conservation through Use of
Deteriorated Historical and Cultural Immovable Assets, and other applicable
regulations concerning antiquities and historic works,
- Law Nr. 4708 on Building Inspection and other
applicable building inspection regulations.
In
practice, although there is a connection between these cases, due to the
absence of procedural requirements or the inability to issue consolidation
decisions, disputes concerning the same subject matter may be heard
simultaneously by different courts. This situation may hinder the achievement
of uniformity in practice and may lead to differing assessments and
inconsistencies in case law. In this context, it has been deemed appropriate to
introduce specialization within the Administrative Courts in Ankara through
workload allocation in cases and proceedings arising from Law Nr. 3194 on
Zoning and certain transactions concerning immovable property.
The
Council of Judges and Prosecutors has decided that, taking into account the
current workload and pending case inventory, cases and proceedings falling
within the scope of Article 20/C of the Administrative Procedure Law Nr. 2577,
titled “Disputes arising from administrative acts and actions concerning
military service,” shall be heard by designated administrative courts. Accordingly,
such cases will be assigned to Administrative Courts Nr. 1 in Adana,
Antalya, Bursa, Diyarbakır, Erzurum, Gaziantep, İzmir, Kayseri, Konya, and
Samsun; Administrative Courts Nr. 1, 20, 22, and 26 in Ankara; and
Administrative Courts Nr. 15 and 17 in Istanbul.
A
significant portion of disputes related to military service concerns technical
and specialized matters arising from discipline, status, duty, personnel
rights, and service requirements. The adjudication of such disputes within the
general court structure may lead to prolonged proceedings as well as
inconsistencies in practice.
For this
reason, it is considered that adjudicating such cases and proceedings in
specialized courts will contribute to conducting trials in a faster, more
accurate, and more effective manner, as well as prevent divergent decisions on
the same subject matter between regional administrative courts and the
administrative courts within the same jurisdiction, thereby ensuring
consistency in case law. It has therefore been concluded that concentrating
these cases in designated courts and ensuring specialization in this area is
necessary and appropriate.
The
Council of Judges and Prosecutors has issued the following decisions:
- cases
and proceedings arising from board decisions issued within the scope of the
regulatory and supervisory powers of the Capital Markets Board, the Competition
Authority, and the Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards
Authority; and, pursuant to subparagraph 1/(a) of Article 20/A of the
Administrative Procedure Law Nr. 2577, procurement-related cases and
proceedings excluding debarment decisions, as well as, within the same scope,
cases and proceedings arising from board decisions of the Public Procurement
Authority under the Public Procurement Law Nr. 4734 and the Public Procurement
Contracts Law Nr. 4735, shall be heard, taking into account the current
workload and pending case inventory, by Administrative Courts Nr. 10, 13,
and 25 in Ankara, and
- cases
and proceedings arising from board decisions issued within the scope of the
regulatory and supervisory powers of the Radio and Television Supreme Council,
the Information and Communication Technologies Authority, the Energy Market
Regulatory Authority, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, and the Personal Data
Protection Authority shall be heard, taking into account the current workload
and pending case inventory, by Administrative Courts Nr. 12, 14, and 15 in
Ankara.
In this
context, considering that a significant portion of disputes arising from board
decisions issued within the regulatory and supervisory powers of the
aforementioned regulatory and supervisory authorities are heard before the
Administrative Courts of Ankara pursuant to Article 32 of the Administrative
Procedure Law Nr. 2577, it has been deemed appropriate to introduce
specialization primarily within the Administrative Courts in Ankara through
workload distribution.
Source: https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2026/04/20260422-5.pdf
