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What Happens After a Statement at the Police?

Author · Av. Ayşenur Konar, Avukat

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In short

After a statement at the police, the investigation often continues, and leaving freely does not mean the file has closed. The file may go to the public prosecutor, a further document may be asked for, or the person may be summoned again. A prison term, and the day of police custody, are not tied to a figure in this text. No conclusion is reached before the minutes and the later service have been seen.

An account given to the police is not a conviction. When the statement ends, the matter is not treated as finished. Which step is open depends on the document in hand. A route map is not drawn when there is no document. Recounting the event in a social setting does not of itself change the line in the minutes.

If the summons and the minutes do not stand in the same envelope, it gets mixed which text is the next step. The heading of every paper inside the envelope is read. A paper whose heading is the police is not the minutes of the public prosecutor's session. A paper whose heading is the public prosecutor does not of itself turn the police statement into a ruling either. The person separates the copy in their hands, and does not treat a missing page as a completed file.

Leaving freely is not a closing

Coming out of the police building does not mean there is no prosecution, or no investigation. The exit may show that that day's step has ended. The fate of the file is not read from an oral sentence at the moment of exit. If a document was given, it writes what has ended. If there is no document, an ending is not assumed. The decision is not built on a sentence of "you may go", said aloud.

The frame of the text kept at the police sits in the statement at the police record. When the statement ends, a copy of the minutes may be asked for. If a copy was not given, it gets mixed which text will be read at the next summons. A copy of the minutes is not a new account. The copy carries the line written at the police. A sentence that is not on the line is not read as if it had been added to the copy later.

A summons from the public prosecutor is a separate session

A statement to the public prosecutor sits in the statement to the public prosecutor record. A summons that comes after the police statement is the invitation to that session. If the summons has not come, preparation is not built as if it had. If the summons has come, the place, the day, and the subject on the service are read. This text sets no number of days. The day is on the service's own line.

Life after a statement to the public prosecutor sits in the after the public prosecutor record. Leaving the police is not a copy of leaving the public prosecutor. The petition does not dissolve the two sessions in the same sentence. Which minutes are the police, and which minutes are the public prosecutor, should be clear from the heading. If there is no heading, they are not treated as a single account.

The end of police custody is not a copy of this record

Release after police custody is in the after police custody record. That record looks at the end of the measure. A person who gave a statement at the police and left the same day is not, in every case, a person whose custody measure has ended. The two events are two documents. The day of police custody is not written in this text. The period is read from the step's own paper, and it is not invented.

A prison term does not come out of this exit either. A statement is not the measure of a sentence. A sentence is discussed only with a judgment. While there is no judgment, a period is not announced. The minutes are not put in place of the judgment. The application separates which document is the statement and which document is the measure.

The minutes and the later service

The next step may be a new police summons, or service from the public prosecutor. If there is no service, it is not assumed that the address is unknown. If there is service, the procedure of the date of service is a separate question. The procedural question does not of itself change the content of the statement. The two subjects can stand in the same petition, and they do not produce the same result.

How the statement is read as evidence is not the subject of this record. The weight of the evidence is discussed when the original minutes and the later step stand together. A lawyer in Ankara separates, from the service, the fact that the office being in Çankaya does not change the competent authority. The office in Çankaya does not choose the unit where the statement was taken, or the place of the public prosecutor's office. The step is read from the place where the document was drawn up. The name of the district does not produce a prison term.

How the next step is read from the minutes

The question of what happens after a statement at the police is read from the minutes and from the later service. Leaving freely is not read as the file having closed, and a prison term is not written from this exit. The day of police custody is not fixed in this text, and the public prosecutor's session is not counted as a copy of the police paper.

Conclusion

After a statement at the police, the investigation may continue. Leaving freely is not a closing. A summons from the public prosecutor, and the end of police custody, are separate records. A prison term and the day of police custody are not written. The frame sits on the criminal law page. The basis is the Code of Criminal Procedure, Law No. 5271.

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Frequently asked questions

If I leave freely, does the investigation end?

No. Going home does not mean the file has closed. The investigation may continue. A prison term does not of itself come out of that leaving.

Will I certainly be summoned to the public prosecutor?

A summons may come according to the file. A statement to the public prosecutor is a separate session. The police minutes are not a copy of that session.

Once police custody ends, is this the record that is read?

Release after police custody looks at the end of the measure. The route after a statement to the police is not always that ending. The day of police custody is not in this text.

Related reading

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Av. Ayşenur Konar

Lawyer on the Ankara Bar Association roll, founder of Konar Hukuk. This text is general information; a specific file is reviewed separately. Author profile · Editorial policy

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