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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 150: Circumstance requiring a lesser penalty

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Two: Offences Against Persons › Chapter Ten: Offences against Property

(1) Where a person uses threat or force for the purpose of collecting a receivable based on a legal relationship, only the provisions relating to the offences of threat or intentional injury shall be applied.

(2) By reason of the low value of the property constituting the subject of the offence of robbery, the penalty to be imposed may be reduced by one third to one half.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 150 · Daha az cezayı gerektiren hâl

(1) Kişinin bir hukuki ilişkiye dayanan alacağını tahsil amacıyla tehdit veya cebir kullanması halinde, ancak tehdit veya kasten yaralama suçuna ilişkin hükümler uygulanır.

(2) Yağma suçunun konusunu oluşturan malın değerinin azlığı nedeniyle, verilecek ceza üçte birden yarıya kadar indirilebilir.

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

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