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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 211: Circumstance requiring a lesser penalty

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Three: Offences Against Society › Chapter Four: Offences against Public Trust

(1) Where the offence of forgery of documents is committed for the purpose of proving a receivable based on a legal relationship or documenting a true situation, the penalty to be imposed shall be reduced by one half.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 211 · Daha az cezayı gerektiren hal

(1) Bir hukuki ilişkiye dayanan alacağın ispatı veya gerçek bir durumun belgelenmesi amacıyla belgede sahtecilik suçunun işlenmesi halinde, verilecek ceza, yarısı oranında indirilir.

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

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