2024 Witness Fee Tariff for Civil Proceedings Published

The Turkish Code of Civil Procedure Witness Fee Tariff (“Tariff”), that entered into force after being published in the Official Gazette dated 23.10.2024 numbered 32701, introduced amendments to the amount of fees to be paid to witnesses in civil proceedings.

According to the previous tariff, which was valid from 24.10.2023 until 22.10.2024, the witness was paid a witness fee between 60 TL and 100 TL to proportionately compensate the time they have lost for their testimony.

Pursuant to article 3 of the new Tariff, the witness shall be paid a witness fee between 100 TL and 150 TL to proportionately compensate for the time they lost for their testimony, should they request payment from the court.

The Tariff raised the witness fee range by approximately 50% when compared to the tariff of 2023.

The full Turkish text of the Tariff is available here.

 

Can Kaleli, Legal Intern
Işıl Gizem Demirtaş, Legal Intern