Testimony in Criminal Procedure Law

The evidence of witness is a type of evidence, that is still indispensable today as it was in the past. The evidence could be either or both an eyewitness and based on hearsay. To establish whether the witness perceived the act accurately or not, a group of fundamental questions is forwarded during the investigation and the trial process. If there is any contradictory statement made by the witness, their previous statement should be read back to them to resolve the conflict in their statements. When necessary, the court, should make the witness and defendant confront each other to discover the solid truth. The first chapter of this three-chapter study is focused on the concept of evidence; i) types of the evidence, ii) evidence of witness including the place of the witness in the Islamic Law, iii) the rights and responsibilities of the witness, while stating the differences and similarities of the interrogation and the cross-examination. The second chapter discusses who can be admitted as a witness and the protection of secret witnesses. The third chapter considers perjury. This study is heavily relied upon, the Code of Criminal Procedure, the Witness Protection Act, and the Turkish Penal Code. In addition, the views of doctrine, Rulings of The Court of Cassation, The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Turkey, European Court of Human Rights and other Laws' were considered and integrated throughout the examination.