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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 247: Embezzlement

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter One: Offences against the Reliability and Functioning of Public Administration

(1) A public official who misappropriates, for himself or for another, property the possession of which has been transferred to him by reason of his duty or which he is obliged to protect and supervise, shall be punished with imprisonment from five years to twelve years.

(2) Where the offence is committed through fraudulent conduct aimed at ensuring that the embezzlement is not uncovered, the penalty to be imposed shall be increased by one half.

(3) Where the offence of embezzlement is committed with the intention of returning the property after using it temporarily, the penalty to be imposed may be reduced by up to one half.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 247 · Zimmet

(1) Görevi nedeniyle zilyedliği kendisine devredilmiş olan veya koruma ve gözetimiyle yükümlü olduğu malı kendisinin veya başkasının zimmetine geçiren kamu görevlisi, beş yıldan oniki yıla kadar hapis cezası ile cezalandırılır.

(2) Suçun, zimmetin açığa çıkmamasını sağlamaya yönelik hileli davranışlarla işlenmesi halinde, verilecek ceza yarı oranında artırılır.

(3) Zimmet suçunun, malın geçici bir süre kullanıldıktan sonra iade edilmek üzere işlenmesi halinde, verilecek ceza yarı oranına kadar indirilebilir.

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

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