In this study, the final investigation periods of Ankara Criminal Courts is analysed
through factor analysis. he final investigation process is characterised by Themis
using her scale. Whether she will use her sword or not, depends on the results of the
final investigation period. She is expected to use the sword if the suspected person is
found to be guilty. In any case, the trial process should be accelerated, so that the
accused person could have been acquitted and the spoilt legal order is adjusted.
Factor analysis is an innovative technique in determining the main issues decelerating
the trial period. The above mentioned technique, which is unique in measuring the
abstract variables setting out from concrete ones, as well as simplifying the complex
universe, has been used for centuries, and it has been applied to the criminal trial
process for the first time within the context of this paper. After practising factor
analysis, fourteen factors have been extracted and four of them have been found
most effective ones on the final investigation periods of Ankara Criminal Courts for
Major Cases. The most important factor is recession of prosecutor during
preliminary investigation. The followings are immobility of medical jurisprudence
services, keeping away of injured party and resistance against punishment.