There are four broad types of (or ways for) civil dispute resolution:

(1) The parties of the dispute may resolve the dispute among themselves. This may be carried out completely out of the legal
system or within legal boundaries with an agreement called settlement.

(2) The parties may refer to an independent and neutral third party and utilize her services, which is called an alternative
dispute resolution.

(3) Parties may choose to resolve their dispute not before the court but before an independent and impartial third party. However, in this type of resolution, the third party in question is called arbitrator and the resolution itself is called arbitration. This recourse is similar to litigation in court; however, unlike the
judiciary, the parties are free to choose the arbitrator and the procedure to be followed.

(4) Of course the final and by far the most popular method to resolve disputes is litigation. Litigation is the ultimate method
in dispute resolution and according to article 36 of the Turkish Constitution, everyone has the right to assert claims and
defenses, and a fair trial, as a plaintiff or defendant before judicial tribunals through utilizing legal means and proceedings; no
court may abstain from trying an action for which it is competent with regard to subject-matter jurisdiction and venue.

Incarceration is a punishment that might be given after a trial.