Deferment of the announcement of the verdict in criminal proceedings

The object of our study is the institution of the deferment of the announcement of the verdict which is provided for the children who are drawn into crime for the first time and was incorporated into the Turkish Penal Legislation in 2005 by the Child Protection Law. The deferment of the announcement of the verdict means that the conviction for the defendant is not announced during the probation period, in other words, the sentence is suspended. In the first part of our study, we examined the concept of the deferment of the announcement of the verdict, the historical development of this institution, its legal nature, and its difference from similar institutions. In the second part, we tried to cover all aspects of the conditions of implementation of the institution which is regulated in the Code of Criminal Procedure. In the third part, we examined the results generated by the ruling to defer the announcement of the verdict and in the last section, we examined the legal remedies that can be pursued against the ruling to defer the announcement of the verdict. This study aims at examining the institution of the deferment of the announcement of the verdict, which has been applied frequently since its incorporation into the Turkish Penal Legislation, and whose enforcement rate by the courts is increasing day by day, in the light of the Supreme Court's decisions and of different doctrinal opinions. Keywords: Deferment of the announcement of the verdict, Probation, Restorative Justice, Right of Appeal