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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 249: Circumstance requiring a lesser penalty

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) Owing to the low value of the property forming the subject of the offence of embezzlement, the penalty to be imposed shall be reduced by one third to one half.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 249 · Daha az cezayı gerektiren hal

(1) Zimmet suçunun konusunu oluşturan malın değerinin azlığı nedeniyle, verilecek ceza üçte birden yarıya kadar indirilir.

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

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