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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 195: Acting contrary to measures concerning contagious diseases

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Three: Offences Against Society › Chapter Three: Offences Against Public Health

(1) Any person who fails to comply with the measures taken by the competent authorities concerning the quarantine of a place where a person who has contracted, or has died from, one of the contagious diseases is present shall be punished with imprisonment from two months to one year.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 195 · Bulaşıcı hastalıklara ilişkin tedbirlere aykırı davranma

(1) Bulaşıcı hastalıklardan birine yakalanmış veya bu hastalıklardan ölmüş kimsenin bulunduğu yerin karantina altına alınmasına dair yetkili makamlarca alınan tedbirlere uymayan kişi, iki aydan bir yıla kadar hapis cezası ile cezalandırılır.

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

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