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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 238: Causing shortage of things necessary for the public

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Three: Offences Against Society › Chapter Nine: Offences relating to the Economy, Industry and Commerce

(1) A person who, by failing to perform work he or she has undertaken, causes the disappearance or substantial reduction of goods or foodstuffs that are essential for public institutions and organisations, for a public service or for the prevention of a general disaster shall be sentenced to imprisonment from one to three years and a judicial fine of up to one thousand days.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 238 · Kamuya gerekli şeylerin yokluğuna neden olma

(1) Taahhüt ettiği işi yerine getirmeyerek, kamu kurum ve kuruluşları veya kamu hizmeti veya genel bir felaketin önlenmesi için zorunlu eşya veya besinlerin ortadan kalkmasına veya önemli ölçüde azalmasına neden olan kimseye bir yıldan üç yıla kadar hapis ve bin güne kadar adlî para cezası verilir.

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

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