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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 215: Praising an offence and an offender

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Three: Offences Against Society › Chapter Five: Offences against Public Peace

(1) Any person who publicly praises an offence that has been committed, or a person on account of the offence he or she has committed, shall, where a clear and imminent danger to public order arises as a result, be punished with imprisonment of up to two years.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 215 · Suçu ve suçluyu övme

(1) İşlenmiş olan bir suçu veya işlemiş olduğu suçtan dolayı bir kişiyi alenen öven kimse, bu nedenle kamu düzeni açısından açık ve yakın bir tehlikenin ortaya çıkması hâlinde, iki yıla kadar hapis cezası ile cezalandırılır.

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

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