ATTORNEYSHIP LAW

ATTORNEYSHIP LAW .......................................................................................................... 7
Attorneyship And The Attorney......................................................................................... 7
Nature of attorneyship ..................................................................................................... 7
Purpose of attorneyship.................................................................................................. 7
Admission Into The Profession Of Attorney.................................................................. 8
Conditions for admission................................................................................................ 8
Exceptions.......................................................................................................................... 8
Impediments to admission into attorneyship............................................................ 9
Request for registration in the bar association ...................................................... 10
Decision ............................................................................................................................. 10
Objection to denial of request or to decision to wait until the completion of
prosecution ............................................................................................................ 10
License of attorneyship and oath ............................................................................... 11
Notification of the decision of rejection.................................................................... 11
Instances of Prohibition .................................................................................................... 13
Activities incompatible with attorneyship ................................................................ 13
Activities compatible with attorneyship.................................................................... 13
The attorney’s relation of kinship or marriage with a judge or prosecutor..... 14
Prohibition from practicing attorneyship after termination of certain duties. 14
Apprenticeship.................................................................................................................... 16
General ............................................................................................................................... 16
Qualifications required .................................................................................................. 16
Documents to be enclosed with the letter of application..................................... 16
Announcement of the request ..................................................................................... 17
Report ................................................................................................................................ 17
Decision ............................................................................................................................. 17
Commencement of apprenticeship ............................................................................ 18
Attorney with whom apprenticeship will be served............................................... 18
Serving the apprenticeship and the duties of the apprentice ............................. 18
Apprenticeship reports.................................................................................................. 19
Extension of the duration of apprenticeship ........................................................... 19
Tasks that apprentices may perform ......................................................................... 19
Bar associations’ aid to apprentices ......................................................................... 19
Attorneyship Examination ................................................................................................ 21
Examination ...................................................................................................................... 21
Eligibility for the examination ...................................................................................... 21
The nature and topics of the examination................................................................ 21
Examination results........................................................................................................ 22
Articles 32-33 – ....................................................................................... 22
The Rights And Duties Of The Attorney........................................................................ 23
General ............................................................................................................................... 23
Work exclusive to attorneys......................................................................................... 23
Seeking conciliation ....................................................................................................... 24
Keeping information confidential ............................................................................... 24
Notification of refusal of commission ....................................................................... 24
Statutory refusal of commission................................................................................. 24
Attorneys’ right to keep documents and lien .......................................................... 25
Statute of limitations in claims for damages ........................................................... 25
Resignation from rendering services ........................................................................ 25
Temporary assignment of an attorney ...................................................................... 25
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Requirement to establish office .................................................................................. 26
Attorneys working together or as an attorney partnership ................................. 26
Persons eligible for employment in attorney offices............................................. 28
Conducting legal business, review of lawsuit files, and obtaining copies of
documents by apprentices or secretaries..................................................... 28
Prohibition of appropriation of contested rights.................................................... 29
Offering an attorney commission in exchange for personal interest ............... 29
Official attire of attorneys ............................................................................................. 29
Space to be allocated to the bar association and attorneys ............................... 29
Places inappropriate for conducting consultation................................................. 29
Keeping files ..................................................................................................................... 30
Minutes of discussions.................................................................................................. 30
Register book ................................................................................................................... 30
Prohibition of publicity .................................................................................................. 30
The right to obtain copies and to serve notice ....................................................... 30
Crimes against attorneys .............................................................................................. 31
Public prosecutor with the power to conduct investigation ............................... 31
Permission to prosecute, the decision to initiate final investigation, and the
court where trial will be held ............................................................................. 32
Right of objection............................................................................................................ 32
Flagrante delicto warranting heavy punishmen ..................................................... 32
Negligence of duty and abuse of power ....................................................................... 32
Exercise of attorneyship powers by others ............................................................. 33
Special duties to the board of directors of the bar association ......................... 33
Persistence in non-payment of bar association dues........................................... 34
Bar Association Directory And Attorney Roster......................................................... 35
Obligation for entry in the directory........................................................................... 35
Permanent practice of attorneyship in another jurisdictional area ................... 35
Transfer to another bar association........................................................................... 35
Review and approval of request for transfer ........................................................... 35
Refusal of request for transfer..................................................................................... 35
Deletion from directory and the register of the attorney partnership............... 36
Circumstances necessitating deletion from directory.......................................... 37
Right of re-entry in the directory................................................................................. 38
Permanent deletion from the directory ..................................................................... 38
Attorney roster ................................................................................................................. 38
Bar Associations ................................................................................................................. 40
General Provisions ......................................................................................................... 40
Establishment and nature of bar associations ................................................... 40
Establishment of bar associations, removal and deposition of their organs. 40
Gratuitousness of duties and duties which may not be combined in the
same person ................................................................................................................. 41
Organs Of Bar Associations......................................................................................... 42
Organs........................................................................................................................... 42
I – General assembly of the bar association.................................................... 42
Composition ......................................................................................................... 42
Duties...................................................................................................................... 42
Regular meetings ................................................................................................ 43
Extraordinary meetings ..................................................................................... 43
Call for a meeting ................................................................................................ 43
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Chairing panel of the general assembly ....................................................... 43
Obligation to attend the meeting..................................................................... 44
Quorum for debate and decisions .................................................................. 44
Prohibition of discussion on items not on the agenda............................. 44
II – Board of directors of the bar association .................................................. 45
Composition ......................................................................................................... 45
Eligibility, impediments, and mode of conduct of election ..................... 45
Term of duty.......................................................................................................... 45
Withdrawal before completion of term of duty............................................ 46
Meetings................................................................................................................. 46
Toplantıya çağrı ................................................................................................... 46
Duties of the board of directors ...................................................................... 46
III – President of the bar association ................................................................. 48
Election and withdrawal before the completion of term of duty ............ 48
Duties...................................................................................................................... 48
IV – Presidential council of the bar association ............................................. 49
Composition and election ................................................................................. 49
Duties of the vice-president of the bar association ................................... 49
Duties of the secretary general of the bar association ............................. 49
Duties of the treasurer of the bar association............................................. 50
V – Disciplinary board of the bar association ................................................. 50
Composition ......................................................................................................... 50
Eligibility and impediments to election ......................................................... 50
Term of duty.......................................................................................................... 50
Meetings................................................................................................................. 50
Duty ......................................................................................................................... 51
VI – Board auditors of the bar association....................................................... 51
Composition and duties ........................................................................................ 51
Union Of Bar Associations Of Turkey ........................................................................... 52
General Provisions ......................................................................................................... 52
Establishment and nature of the Union................................................................. 52
Duties of the Union ..................................................................................................... 52
Prohibitions, acquisition of property, place in protocol, removal and
deposition of their organs......................................................................................... 53
The paid nature of the positions ............................................................................. 54
Organs Of The Union...................................................................................................... 55
Organs............................................................................................................................... 55
I – General assembly of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey................ 55
Composition ............................................................................................................. 55
Meetings..................................................................................................................... 56
Quorum for deliberations and decisions .......................................................... 56
Duties......................................................................................................................... 56
II – Board of directors of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey .............. 57
Composition ............................................................................................................. 57
Term of duty.............................................................................................................. 57
Meetings..................................................................................................................... 57
Duties......................................................................................................................... 58
III – President of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey.............................. 59
Election and withdrawal before the completion of the term of duty ......... 59
Duties......................................................................................................................... 59
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Composition and election ..................................................................................... 60
Duties of the vice-presidents of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey
..................................................................................................................................... 60
Duties of the secretary general of the Union of bar associations of
Turkey......................................................................................................................... 61
Duties of the treasurer of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey......... 61
V – Disciplinary board of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey.............. 61
Composition ............................................................................................................. 61
Term of duty.............................................................................................................. 61
Meetings..................................................................................................................... 62
Duties......................................................................................................................... 62
VI – Board auditors of the Union of Bar Associations of Turkey ................... 62
Composition and duties ........................................................................................ 62
Disciplinary Actions And Penalties................................................................................ 63
Circumstances when disciplinary penalties will be imposed ............................. 63
Disciplinary penalties..................................................................................................... 63
Mode of imposition of penalties.................................................................................. 63
Right of defense............................................................................................................... 63
Actions and conduct before enrollment with the bar association and after
leaving the profession ........................................................................................ 64
Investigative authority and the replacement of absent members...................... 64
The effect of criminal prosecution on disciplinary penalties.............................. 64
Initiation of disciplinary prosecution ......................................................................... 65
Objection to decisions not to initiate disciplinary prosecution ......................... 65
Re-examination for an identical offense ................................................................... 66
Trial before the disciplinary board ............................................................................. 66
Trial in absence................................................................................................................ 66
Submission and examination of evidence ............................................................... 66
Hearing of witnesses and expert witnesses ............................................................ 67
Minutes of the trial .......................................................................................................... 67
Fulfilling requests received by letters rogatory...................................................... 67
Summoning witnesses and expert witnesses ......................................................... 67
Rejection and withdrawal of disciplinary board members................................... 67
Serving notice of decisions.......................................................................................... 68
Prohibition from practice .............................................................................................. 68
Mandatory prohibition from practice ......................................................................... 68
Provisions for prohibition from practice................................................................... 69
Revocation of the decision of prohibition from practice...................................... 69
Objection to decisions of the disciplinary board ................................................... 69
Discretionary appraisal of evidence, the purpose of dispensing punishment,
and deduction of time served from punishment.......................................... 70
Prosecution and statute of limitations regarding penalties ................................ 70
Implementation of disciplinary decisions, clearing registers of penalties...... 71
Expenses incurred for witnesses and expert witnesses...................................... 71
Collection of fines or expenses................................................................................... 71
Attorneyship Contract........................................................................................................ 72
Scope of attorneyship contract ................................................................................... 72
Attorneyship fee .............................................................................................................. 72
Joint and several liability for payment of attorneyship fee ................................. 73
Lien of the attorney and priority of the attorneyship fee...................................... 73
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Settlement of disputes through arbitration.............................................................. 73
Preparation of the attorneyship fee tariff.................................................................. 74
Amount of attorneyship fee to be imposed on the opposite party by the
judicial authorities................................................................................................ 74
Obligation to complete the job and delegation of others..................................... 75
Commissioning of another attorney by the client.................................................. 75
Specificity of the attorneyship fee.............................................................................. 76
Discontinuation of work by the attorney, dismissal of the attorney, and
default in the payment of the attorneyship fee ............................................ 76
Address of the client ...................................................................................................... 76
Legal aid................................................................................................................................ 78
Scope of legal aid............................................................................................................ 78
Legal aid office................................................................................................................. 78
Request for legal aid....................................................................................................... 78
Administration of legal aid............................................................................................ 78
Revenues and expenses of the legal aid office....................................................... 79
Annual activity report and regulations...................................................................... 80
Miscellaneous Provisions ................................................................................................. 81
Regulations ....................................................................................................................... 81
Notice to be served to public prosecutors ............................................................... 81
Services to be counted toward seniority in attorneyship .................................... 81
Provision for attorneys without a law degree.......................................................... 81
Absolute requirement to join group insurance ....................................................... 81
Conditional requirement to join group insurance .................................................. 82
Ineligibility for group insurance .................................................................................. 82
Consequences of non-payment of insurance premium ....................................... 82
Preparation of standard contract and joining group insurance ......................... 83
Rescinded provisions .................................................................................................... 83
Amended provisions of laws........................................................................................ 83
Amended provision of Law Number 1086................................................................. 83
Counting of prior attorneyship services toward seniority upon employment in
a job subject to retirement................................................................................. 83
Attorneys employed with public agencies and organizations and state
economic enterprises.......................................................................................... 85
Representation abroad .................................................................................................. 85
Holding of elections........................................................................................................ 85
Inspection and Auditing ................................................................................................ 87
Temporary provisions........................................................................................................ 88
Provisional Article 1 – .................................................................................................... 88
Provisional Article 2 – .................................................................................................... 89
Provisional Article 3 – .................................................................................................... 91
Provisional Article 4 – .................................................................................................... 92
Provisional Article 5 – .................................................................................................... 92
Provisional Article 6 – .................................................................................................... 92
Provisional Article 7 – .................................................................................................... 93
Provisional Article 8 – .................................................................................................... 93
Provisional Article 9 – .................................................................................................... 93
Provisional Article 10 –.................................................................................................. 93
Provisional Article 11 –.................................................................................................. 93
Provisional Article 12 –.................................................................................................. 93
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Provisional Article 13 –.................................................................................................. 94
Provisional Article 14 –.................................................................................................. 94
Provisional Article 15 –.................................................................................................. 94
Provisional Article 16 –.................................................................................................. 95
Provisional Article 17 –.................................................................................................. 95
Provisional Article 18 –.................................................................................................. 96
Provisional Article 19 –.................................................................................................. 96
Provisional Article 20 –.................................................................................................. 96
Supplementary Provisional Article 1 – ...................................................................... 96
Date of entry into effect of the present Law............................................................. 97
Enforcement authority of the present Law............................................................... 97
PROVISIONAL ARTICLES NOT POSTED IN THE MAIN LAW NUMBER 1136
DATED 19 MARCH 1969..................................................................................................... 98
1) Provisional articles of Law Number 3256 dated 22 January 1986................. 98
Provisional Article 1 – ................................................................................................ 98
Provisional Article 2 – ................................................................................................ 99
Provisional Article 3 – ................................................................................................ 99
Provisional Article 4 – ................................................................................................ 99
2) Provisional articles of Law Number 4667 dated 2 May 2001 .......................... 99
Provisional Article 1 – ................................................................................................ 99
Provisional Article 2 – .............................................................................................. 100
Provisional Article 3 – .............................................................................................. 100
DATES OF ENTRY INTO EFFECT OF LAWS SUPPLEMENTING AND AMENDING
LAW NUMBER 1136 ..........................................................

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