ABSTRACT

Foreseeing the period of the finalization of a lawsuit shall give considerably significant information for the regulation of the necessary relevant legislation, for the planned training of the required judicial and administrative personnel, for the sufficient and required procurement of the material and equipment which forms a very important part of the judicial process and which is essential for the adequate exercise of jurisdiction and of the first consideration for the establishment of reliance to justice. The judicial process has been evaluated at four phases which are filing of a lawsuit, continuation of a lawsuit (transfer to next year), decision process and finalization of the lawsuit. The figures of pending lawsuits at the Administrative and Tax Courts of the years 1989-2007, which were published by the General Directorate of Judicial Registration and Statistics of the Ministry of Justice, were used as data at the study. Markov Transition Model has been formed by using such data regarding file figures and finalization period of the lawsuits at the Administartive and Tax Courts was calculated.

Keywords : Markov Chains; Administrative Courts; Tax Courts.