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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 121: Obstruction of the exercise of the right to petition

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

(1) Where a petition submitted by a person to the competent public authorities in order to exercise a specific right is not accepted without a legal reason, imprisonment of up to six months shall be imposed on the offender.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 121 · Dilekçe hakkının kullanılmasının engellenmesi

(1) Kişinin belli bir hakkı kullanmak için yetkili kamu makamlarına verdiği dilekçenin hukuki bir neden olmaksızın kabul edilmemesi halinde, fail hakkında altı aya kadar hapis cezasına hükmolunur.

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

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