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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 17: Deprivation of rights

Part One: Fundamental Principles, Definitions and Scope of Application › Chapter Two: Scope of Application of the Code

(1) In the cases set out in the preceding articles, where a judgment rendered by foreign courts which is not contrary to the Turkish legal order entails, under Turkish laws, deprivation of a right, the court shall, upon the request of the public prosecutor, decide that its consequences under Turkish laws shall be effective.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 17 · Hak yoksunlukları

(1) Yukarıdaki maddelerde açıklanan hallerde mahkeme, yabancı mahkemelerden verilen ve Türk hukuk düzenine aykırı düşmeyen hükmün, Türk kanunlarına göre bir haktan yoksunluğu gerektirmesi halinde, Cumhuriyet savcısının istemi üzerine Türk kanunlarındaki sonuçlarının geçerli olmasına karar verir.

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

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