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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 151: Damage to property

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

(1) Any person who, in part or in whole, demolishes, destroys, annihilates, damages, renders unusable or soils the movable or immovable property of another shall, upon complaint of the victim, be punished with imprisonment from four months to three years or a judicial fine.

(2) Repealed: 9/7/2021, Law No. 7332, Art. 17

Original Turkish text

MADDE 151 · Mala zarar verme

(1) Başkasının taşınır veya taşınmaz malını kısmen veya tamamen yıkan, tahrip eden, yok eden, bozan, kullanılamaz hale getiren veya kirleten kişi, mağdurun şikayeti üzerine, dört aydan üç yıla kadar hapis veya adlî para cezası ile cezalandırılır.

(2) (Mülga:9/7/2021-7332/17 md.)

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

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