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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 23: Offence aggravated by its consequences

Part Two: Principles of Criminal Responsibility › Chapter One: Personal Nature of Criminal Responsibility, Intent and Negligence

(1) Where an act causes a result that is graver than, or different from, the one intended, in order for the person to be held responsible for it, he or she must have acted at least negligently with respect to that result.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 23 · Netice sebebiyle ağırlaşmış suç

(1) Bir fiilin, kastedilenden daha ağır veya başka bir neticenin oluşumuna sebebiyet vermesi halinde, kişinin bundan dolayı sorumlu tutulabilmesi için bu netice bakımından en azından taksirle hareket etmesi gerekir.

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

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