Newsletter-21

362 NEWSLETTER 2016 regional courts of appeal are located in İstanbul, Bursa, İzmir, Ankara, Konya, Samsun, Adana, and Erzurum, as well as Diyarbakır, and addi- tional courts of appeal are established in Antalya, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Sakarya, Trabzon and Van in accordance with the Resolution on the Establishment of Six Additional Courts of Appeal 4 . Regional courts of appeal are comprised of presidency, boards of presidents, chambers, office of the chief public prosecutor of the republic, justice commission and directorship. A president is assigned to each regional court of appeal, and the presidency is comprised of the president and office of the clerk. Each regional court of appeal is comprised of at least three civil and two criminal chambers. The Ministry of Justice may increase or decrease the number of these chambers, if necessary. A president and sufficient number of members are assigned to each chamber. In accordance with Art.(s) 36 and 37 of the Law on the Estab- lishment, duties of the civil and criminal chambers are to review and render a decision on the applications filed against the decisions of the civil/criminal courts of first instance that are not definitive; to resolve disputes relating to competence and authority of the civil/criminal courts of first instance within its jurisdiction; to decide upon the trans- mission of the case to another civil/criminal court if the competent court cannot rule on the case due to de facto or legal obstacles, and to determine the competent court if the extent of jurisdiction of two civil/ criminal courts cannot be determined. Decisions Subject to Appeal and Procedure of Appeal Art.(s) 341-360 of the CPC set forth the decisions that are subject to appeal and other procedures regarding the appellate jurisdiction. In accordance withArt. 341 of the CPC, (i) final decisions rendered by the courts of first instance, as well as refusal of the requests of precaution- ary measures or precautionary attachment or decisions rendered upon the objection of the acceptance of these requests, (ii) the decisions pertaining to monetary requests, the amounts of which are greater than TRY 1500, are subject to appeal. If a partial request is filed before the 4 Published in the Official Gazette dated 07.11.2015 and numbered 29525.