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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 100: Self-induced miscarriage

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Two: Offences Against Persons › Chapter Five: Causing Miscarriage, Self-Induced Miscarriage or Sterilisation

(1) Where a woman whose pregnancy has lasted more than ten weeks deliberately causes the miscarriage of her child, imprisonment of up to one year or a judicial fine shall be imposed.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 100 · Çocuk düşürme

(1) Gebelik süresi on haftadan fazla olan kadının çocuğunu isteyerek düşürmesi halinde, bir yıla kadar hapis veya adlî para cezasına hükmolunur.

Text as of 1 October 2026 · Official source (Turkish): mevzuat.gov.tr ↗

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