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The Law on the Procedures of Criminal Proceedings (Usûl-i Muhâkemât-ı Cezâiyye Kanun-ı Muvakkati) came into effect in 1879. It is the first comprehensive legal regulation of criminal procedure law in the Ottoman State in the modern sense. This law remained in force not only during the Ottoman period but also in the early years of the Republic, until it was replaced by Law No. 1412 on the Procedures of Criminal Proceedings, which entered into force in 1929. The law holds the distinction of being