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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 232: Ill-treatment

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Three: Offences Against Society › Chapter Eight: Offences against the Family Order

(1) A person who ill-treats one of the persons with whom he or she lives in the same dwelling shall be punished with imprisonment from two months to one year.

(2) A person who abuses the disciplinary authority arising from his or her right of upbringing over a person who is under his or her authority or whom he or she is obliged to raise, educate, care for, protect or teach a profession or trade shall be sentenced to imprisonment of up to one year.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 232 · Kötü muamele

(1) Aynı konutta birlikte yaşadığı kişilerden birine karşı kötü muamelede bulunan kimse, iki aydan bir yıla kadar hapis cezası ile cezalandırılır.

(2) İdaresi altında bulunan veya büyütmek, okutmak, bakmak, muhafaza etmek veya bir meslek veya sanat öğretmekle yükümlü olduğu kişi üzerinde, sahibi bulunduğu terbiye hakkından doğan disiplin yetkisini kötüye kullanan kişiye, bir yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

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

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