The request for appeal is made by submitting a petition to the court that issued the verdict within seven days of the announcement of the verdict or by making a statement to the clerk of the minutes; the statement is recorded in the minutes and the minutes are approved by the judge. The provision of Article 263 concerning the detained accused is reserved. (5271 Pp. K. m. 273)
A lawyer may apply for legal remedies provided that it is not contrary to the express desire of the persons he/she undertakes to defend or act as a lawyer. (5271 Pp. K. m. 261)
The filing of an application for appeal within the time limit prevents the finalization of the judgment. (5271 Pp. K. m. 275)
An appeal may be filed against the provisions given from the courts of first instance. However, the provisions regarding the imprisonment sentences of fifteen years and more shall be examined ex officio by the regional court of justice. (5271 Pp. K. m. 272)
An appeal may also be filed together with the judgment against court decisions that were issued before the judgment and constitute the basis of the judgment or are not provided for by any other means of law. (5271 Pp. K. m. 272)
Except for judicial fines converted from prison sentences, the provisions of conviction for judicial fines, including three thousand Turkish Liras, determined as a result, the provisions of acquittal for crimes requiring judicial fines not exceeding the upper limit of five hundred days, the provisions that are written in the law to be final, cannot be appealed against. The provisions given in this way shall not be repeated. (5271 P. K. m. 272)
The accused and those who have received the title of participant according to this Law, as well as those whose request to participate has not been decided, rejected, or those who have been harmed by a crime in such a way that they can receive the title of participant, the failure to indicate the reasons for the application in the petition or declaration will not prevent the examination. (5271 P. K. m. 273)
The accused may file a request for reinstatement against the provisions made against him in his absence. The appeal period also runs during the reinstatement period. In cases where the defendant requests reinstatement, he must also request an appeal. In this case, the works related to the appeal request are postponed until a decision is made about the reinstatement request. (5271 Pp. K. m. 274)
A copy of the minutes relating to the petition of appeal or declaration that has not been rejected by the court giving the decision shall be notified to the other party. The other party may give its response in writing within seven days from the date of notification. (5271 Pp. K. m. 277)
If the appeal is applied only in favor of the accused, the sentence imposed again cannot be more severe than the penalty determined by the previous sentence.(5271 Pp. K. m. 283)
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