Military Criminal Law in the duration of European Union

The reason for the existence of military criminal law lies in the existence of the Turkish armed forces. The military criminal procedure along with military criminal law were designed and implemented based on the needs and circumstances of the given time period. When the previous procedures and laws (implemented on 22.05.1930 Act. 1631) had become insufficient to meet the new demands and challenges, new laws were designed in 1961, and eventually implemented into the constitution. The so-called Military Courts Establishment and Judgement Procedure Law (Act. 353) was officially made into law on 25 Oct. 1963. In addition, the military criminal procedure was reformed and included in the 1982 constitution. Yet, as civilians were tried and prosecuted by the military courts, the independence and impartiality of those courts underwent criticism by the public. As a result, some of the laws (for instance 5530 and 353) were reformed to addresss and improve the shortcomings.