How to search Turkish Court of Jurisdictional Disputes (Uyuşmazlık Mahkemesi) decisions
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Short answer: The Court of Jurisdictional Disputes (Uyuşmazlık Mahkemesi) resolves disputes over jurisdiction and judgments between Turkey’s ordinary (civil and criminal) courts and administrative courts. Its decisions are published in the Court’s decision search application, where you can search the decision content, the docket (esas) number or the decision (karar) number. If your AI assistant is connected to Yargı PRO, you can ask it to search the Court’s decisions and fetch a decision’s text, and research Court of Cassation (Yargıtay) and Council of State (Danıştay) decisions on the same issue in the same session.
Searching on the Court’s website#
The decision search application has a single search box (“Karar İçeriğinde Ara”, search in decision content) and three search scopes (labels are in Turkish on the site):
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Tüm İçerikte Ara (search all content) | Searches decision texts for the phrase you type |
| Esas Numarasına Göre Ara (search by docket number) | Goes straight to the file if you know the docket number |
| Karar Numarasına Göre Ara (search by decision number) | Goes straight to the decision if you know the decision number |
| Büyük/küçük harfe duyarlı (case-sensitive) | If ticked, upper and lower case are taken into account in the search |
The result list shows the docket number, decision number and decision date; the decision opens or downloads as a PDF. The form has no subject or date field, so you narrow the search by choosing the phrase well. The “Tüm Kararlar” (all decisions) link in the menu shows the list without filters.
Searching with your AI assistant#
In an AI app connected to Yargı PRO, you can ask in plain language:
- “Search Court of Jurisdictional Disputes decisions on compensation for de facto expropriation (kamulaştırmasız el atma), and list which court branch was found to have jurisdiction in each decision.”
- “Fetch the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes decision with docket number 2026/206 and summarise its reasoning.”
- “Search Council of State decisions that apply the division of jurisdiction in this decision.”
A search returns the docket number, decision number and decision date; it carries no summary or subject. The decisions are PDFs; you ask for the text separately, and the PDF is converted to text when it is fetched. For the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes, the tool returns only the first page of results, at most 20 decisions. If the decision you are looking for is not in the list, make the phrase longer or search by docket or decision number. Results and decision texts are in Turkish; your AI assistant can translate and summarise them for you.
A real search: de facto expropriation#
On 27 October 2026 we searched with Yargı PRO’s tools for the phrase “kamulaştırmasız el atma” (de facto expropriation) in decision content. The tool reported 20 results; this figure is the limit of the first page the tool returns, not the total number of decisions containing the phrase. The most recent docket numbers were at the top of the list. We fetched the texts of the first two decisions:
| Docket no | Decision no | Decision date | Dispute | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/206 | 2026/331 | 15.06.2026 | Compensation for the demolition, under Article 18 of Law No. 775, of a building with a building registration certificate on Treasury land | Administrative courts have jurisdiction; the administrative court’s decision declining jurisdiction was set aside |
| 2026/199 | 2026/230 | 04.05.2026 | Compensation claimed for de facto expropriation because the property was declared an archaeological site | Administrative courts have jurisdiction; the administrative court’s referral was rejected |
Both decisions found that the administrative courts had jurisdiction. But in decision 2026/206 the phrase appears only in the reasoning, to state that the action did not arise from de facto expropriation. A phrase appearing in the text does not show that the decision is about that subject. Both decisions we fetched also began with an “ÖZET” (summary) paragraph; when assessing the list, look at this paragraph first.
The list also contained records where the docket number and decision number belong to different years (e.g. docket 2025/624, decision 2026/253). When you cite a decision, give the docket and decision numbers together with the date.
What to check when reading a decision#
- Disputes over jurisdiction and judgments: Under Article 158 of the Constitution, the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes gives final rulings on disputes between the ordinary and administrative courts over jurisdiction (görev) and over judgments (hüküm). The operative part of both decisions we fetched states that the decision was given “kesin olarak” (with final effect).
- How the file reached the Court: Law No. 2247 (on the Establishment and Functioning of the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes) provides for different routes, and the decision text says which one was followed. In decision 2026/206, the decisions of both court branches declining jurisdiction had become final, and the court that gave the last such decision sent the file at the request of the claimant’s lawyer (Articles 14 and 15 of the Law). In decision 2026/199, the administrative court, after the ordinary court had declined jurisdiction, also found itself without jurisdiction, sent the file under Article 19 of the Law and stayed its own proceedings.
- Operative part: When the Court examines the merits of a jurisdiction dispute, it determines which court branch has jurisdiction and, depending on the type of application, may set aside the relevant decision declining jurisdiction or reject the application. A rejection on procedural grounds may not determine the competent court branch. Assess disputes over judgments separately.
- Party information: In published decisions, party names are shortened to initials. Search by the subject of the dispute and the relevant statutory provision, not by party name.
Which plan?#
Decisions of 18 authorities, including the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes, are in Yargı PRO’s Pro plan; decisions of the Court of Accounts (Sayıştay), the Public Procurement Board (KİK) and the Ombudsman Institution (KDK) are searched with the same tool. The 14-day trial includes Pro access and requires no payment details. Your AI subscription is billed separately. To connect your AI: How to connect Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini to Turkish law sources
Frequently asked questions
Where are Court of Jurisdictional Disputes (Uyuşmazlık Mahkemesi) decisions published?
The decisions are published in the Court’s decision search application at kararlar.uyusmazlik.gov.tr. You can search the decision content, by docket (esas) number or by decision (karar) number; decisions open as PDFs.
How many results does a Yargı PRO search of Court of Jurisdictional Disputes decisions return?
For the Court of Jurisdictional Disputes, the tool returns only the first page of results, at most 20 decisions. Results carry the docket number, decision number and decision date; the decision text is fetched separately.
If my search term appears in a decision, is the decision about that subject?
No. The term may appear only in the reasoning, to explain something else. When assessing the list, look at the summary paragraph at the start of the decision.