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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 157: Fraud

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

(1) Any person who, by deceiving a person through fraudulent conduct, obtains a benefit for himself or herself or for another to the detriment of that person or of another shall be sentenced to imprisonment from one to five years and a judicial fine of up to five thousand days.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 157 · Dolandırıcılık

(1) Hileli davranışlarla bir kimseyi aldatıp, onun veya başkasının zararına olarak, kendisine veya başkasına bir yarar sağlayan kişiye bir yıldan beş yıla kadar hapis ve beşbin güne kadar adlî para cezası verilir.

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

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