Türk hukukçuları arasında usulsüz ulaşılan delillerin hükme esas alınmamasının işlevinin Kıta Avrupası ve Anglo-Amerikan hukuk sistemlerinde farklı olduğu inancı yaygındır.
In 1992 the Turkish legal system reformulated its approach to the infringement of procedural rights. When other sanctions attached to procedural requirements fail to ensure compliance with the rules, exclusion of improperly obtained evidence provides an additional device.
Historically, there was a time in which confessions were regarded as the most cogent and satisfactory proof of guilt (regina probationum). This belief derived from the presumption that a person would not make an inaccurate statement against his own insterest.