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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 254: Effective repentance

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) Amended: 2/7/2012, Law No. 6352, Art. 88 Where the person who has received a bribe surrenders the object of the bribe in kind to the authorities competent to investigate before the matter becomes known to the official authorities, no penalty shall be imposed on him for the offence of bribery. Likewise, where a public official who has agreed with another person to receive a bribe reports the matter to the competent authorities before it becomes known to the official authorities, no penalty shall be imposed on him for this offence.

(2) Amended: 2/7/2012, Law No. 6352, Art. 88 Where the person who gives a bribe or reaches an agreement to that effect with a public official, out of remorse, informs the competent authorities of the matter before it becomes known to the official authorities, no penalty shall be imposed on him for the offence of bribery.

(3) Amended: 2/7/2012, Law No. 6352, Art. 88 Where other persons participating in the offence of bribery, out of remorse, inform the competent authorities of the matter before it becomes known to the official authorities, no penalty shall be imposed on them for this offence.

(4) Added: 26/6/2009, Law No. 5918, Art. 4 The provisions of this article shall not apply to persons who give bribes to foreign public officials.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 254 · Etkin pişmanlık

(1) (Değişik: 2/7/2012-6352/88 md.) Rüşvet alan kişinin, durum resmi makamlarca öğrenilmeden önce, rüşvet konusu şeyi soruşturmaya yetkili makamlara aynen teslim etmesi halinde, hakkında rüşvet suçundan dolayı cezaya hükmolunmaz. Rüşvet alma konusunda başkasıyla anlaşan kamu görevlisinin durum resmi makamlarca öğrenilmeden önce durumu yetkili makamlara haber vermesi halinde de hakkında bu suçtan dolayı cezaya hükmolunmaz.

(2) (Değişik: 2/7/2012-6352/88 md.) Rüşvet veren veya bu konuda kamu görevlisiyle anlaşmaya varan kişinin, durum resmi makamlarca öğrenilmeden önce, pişmanlık duyarak durumdan yetkili makamları haberdar etmesi halinde, hakkında rüşvet suçundan dolayı cezaya hükmolunmaz.

(3) (Değişik: 2/7/2012-6352/88 md.) Rüşvet suçuna iştirak eden diğer kişilerin, durum resmi makamlarca öğrenilmeden önce, pişmanlık duyarak durumdan yetkili makamları haberdar etmesi halinde, hakkında bu suçtan dolayı cezaya hükmolunmaz.

(4) (Ek: 26/6/2009 – 5918/4 md.) Bu madde hükümleri, yabancı kamu görevlilerine rüşvet veren kişilere uygulanmaz.

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

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