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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 159: Circumstance requiring a lesser penalty

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

(1) Where fraud is committed for the purpose of collecting a receivable arising from a legal relationship, upon complaint, a penalty of imprisonment from six months to one year or a judicial fine shall be imposed.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 159 · Daha az cezayı gerektiren hal

(1) Dolandırıcılığın, bir hukuki ilişkiye dayanan alacağı tahsil amacıyla işlenmesi halinde, şikayet üzerine, altı aydan bir yıla kadar hapis veya adlî para cezasına hükmolunur.

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

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