Any criminal cases disposing procedure allempts to increase the efficiency 0/ the criminalrnjustice system and to protect constitutionally as well as internationally recognized rights 0/rnaccused persons. In line with this. it is to realize all accused persons' rights in general andrnthe speedy tried righls in particular thaI the government introduced R7D not 10 mention therndesire to make criminaljuslice system efficient and effective. However, usually allainingrnthese two objectives at the same time is difficult i/not impossible. Even worse there are casesrnwhen the two interests come in conflict with each other. II is not a cliche that when unduernemphasis is given to the efficiency of criminal proceedings, the rights a/accused persons willrnbe compromised. This is so because if accused persons are given a chance to exercise all thernrights at their disposal, adjudication a/criminal cases will take longer period o/time makingrnthe criminal justice system less efficient.rnThis research paper, as its title promises, tries to examine to what extent the above statedrnfacts have been reflected in RTD proceedings. Of course, afier its introduclion, RTD hasrnmanaged to decrease criminal cases backlog. However, the research reveals that this resultrnis obtained at the cost olaccused persons' rights. Illthough RTD is hasically introduced tornensure the speedy trial right o/accused person, the extreme hurried nature o/'the proceedingrnaccompanied by the absence ollaws governing same have resulted in compromising the rightrnto be tried within reasonable time Usel/and other/air trial aspects o/accused person '.I' rightsrnwhich include the right to presumed innocent, the right to bail, Ihe right to prior notificationrn0/ charge, the right to demand adjournment 0/ criminal proceedings, the right to de/endrnoneselfand defense counsel. To bring this phenomenon to an end, this paper recommends thernpertinent government organs to issue a detailed law which regulates and delimits the scopernol application 0/ liTO. and at the same lime takes into consideration those righls put at riskrnas a result 0/ the application 0/ RTD. In Ihe mean time, the paper urgesjudges and publicrnprosecutors to reji-ainji-om treating RTD cases difJerentji-om other ordinwy criminal cases.rnKey terms and phrases: RTO, Human Rights, Accused Perso ns, Rights of Accused Persons.