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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 108: Use of force

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Two: Offences Against Persons › Chapter Seven: Offences against Liberty

(1) Where force is used against a person in order to make him or her do or not do something or permit something to be done to him or her, the penalty to be imposed for the offence of intentional injury shall be increased by one third to one half.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 108 · Cebir

(1) Bir şeyi yapması veya yapmaması ya da kendisinin yapmasına müsaade etmesi için bir kişiye karşı cebir kullanılması halinde, kasten yaralama suçundan verilecek ceza üçte birinden yarısına kadar artırılarak hükmolunur.

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

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