Türkiye Barolar Birliği Dergisi 154.Sayı

42 Ceza Muhakemesinde Tanık Beyanının Tartışılması ve Değerlendirilmesi sued by the criminal procedure. Because of the fact that the way followed by the criminal procedure to reach its ultimate goal needs to comply with the law, it is of importance whether the evidence complies with the law at every stage, from its obtaining, presen- tation, discussion and toits evaluation. In this regard, with a view to conducting discussion and evaluation of evidence in accordance with the law, the subjects of procedure should be granted with the opportunity to discuss the evidence and thereby to evaluate the evidence in this way. Free evaluation of evidence means that a jud- ge performs an evaluation by representing the case subject to the procedure to reach a conscientious opinion in criminal procedure, in accordance with the reason and logic, without making any distinc- tion between the evidence such as rating, grading, attributing less or more value to it. Otherwise, it cannot be concluded from the free evaluation of evidence that it can be evaluated only by the decision- making authority whenever and how it wishes. Witness statement, which is regarded as among the most significant and indispensable evidence under the criminal procedure, is an important evidence, but at the same time its reliability is questionable. Therefore, pre- senting and discussing the witness statement in the presence of the subjects of procedure is of more importance for reviewing its reliability, compared to other evidence. Conclusion of the material fact may be reached by evaluating the witness statement presented and discussed in the presence of all subjects in accordance with the rules of experience and thus it may be accepted as evidence and become a basis for judgment. This study provides information on the witness statement and its obtaining, discussion and evaluation under the title of “Discussion and Evaluation of Witness Statement in Criminal Procedure”. Keywords: Evidence, Witness, Witness Statement, Discussion, Evaluation, Confrontation, Questioning Giriş Ceza Muhakemesi Hukuku; bir suçun işlenip işlenmediğinin, iş- lenmiş ise kim tarafından nasıl işlendiğinin ve hangi ceza normlarının uygulanacağının tespitine dair yapılan yargılama faaliyetlerine ilişkin yöntemleri düzenleyen hukuk dalıdır. Muhakeme, geçmişte yaşanmış bir olaya ilişkin olduğundan, geçmişte yaşanmış bir olaya ilişkin mad- di gerçeği ortaya çıkarmayı amaçlayan ve bu amaca ulaşmak için insan haklarına uygun araçlar kullanılan ceza muhakemesinde, tanık önem- li bir role sahiptir. Muhakeme hukuku açısından, vakıf olduğu olay hakkında edinmiş olduğu bilgileri Cumhuriyet savcısı ya da hâkim huzurunda sözlü olarak anlatan kişiye tanık denir. Tanıklık; kamu hu- kukundan kaynaklı ve kural olarak, yapılması zorunlu olan bir kamu görevi, kamusal bir ödevdir.