Successive offences in Turkish Criminal Law

The purpose of this study is to explore what the successive offence institution which exists in the genaral provisions in Turkish Criminal Law as an important type in the joinderof offences is and how it is practiced as well as the deficiencies and errors in its theory and practice, and to present suggestions in order to fix these deficiencies and errors.This study is composed of three main chapters and one conclusion chapter where conclusions and suggestions are presented. Opinions in each chapter are accompanied by rich Supreme Court decisions. In the first chapter concept of joinder and joinder of offences, segregation of act uniqueness-act numerousness and types of joinder of offences have been examined and by giving general information about successive offences, the history of successive offence, its place in comparative law, its legal status, successive offence in comparison with other similar institutions and the conditions of successive offence have been explained. In the second chapter, objective and subjective conditions envisaged for successive offence are studied and focused on the circumstances in which successive offence can not be applied. In the third chapter, the provisions of successive offence that are stated in the law and issues which are not regulated in Law related to successive offences such as amnesty, complaint, mitigating and magnifying reasons, principle of non bis in idem, court of jurisdiction, compromise have been examined. In the conclusion chapter of this study, the issues explored in the whole thesis and outcomes have been summarized again and suggestions have been presented.Key Words: Act, Conceptual Aggregation, Action, Objective Condition, Subjective Condition, Joinder of Offences, Successive Offences.