Anonymized Extraction Matrix and Codebook for the Study on Multiple Sclerosis in Turkish Supreme Court Decisions (2005–2024)

This dataset contains an anonymized extraction matrix and an accompanying codebook derived from a structured document analysis of publicly accessible decisions of the Turkish Court of Cassation between 2005 and 2024. Each row represents a single appellate decision, and each column corresponds to a predefined metadata variable coded according to a structured extraction framework. The coding scheme includes the court chamber, decision year, and case category. To protect confidentiality and prevent re-identification, all docket identifiers (E. and K. numbers) have been removed. These identifiers were replaced with a sequential case identifier (case_id). Only non-identifying temporal metadata (filing year and decision year) have been retained. The extraction framework was developed using a predefined coding structure and iteratively refined during pilot coding. The dataset enables transparency, reproducibility, and secondary methodological scrutiny of the empirical component of the study. The original decision texts are publicly accessible through the Court of Cassation’s decision search system. This repository does not contain full-text decisions, personal identifiers, or case-specific identifying details.