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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 260: Abandonment or non-performance of public duty

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) Public officials who, unlawfully and collectively, abandon their duties, fail to attend their duties, or, even temporarily, fail to perform their duties in part or in whole or slow them down, shall each be sentenced to imprisonment from three months to one year. Where the number of public officials does not exceed three, no penalty shall be imposed.

(2) Where public officials, in connection with their professional and social rights, stop work or slow down temporarily and for a short period in a manner that does not disrupt the service, the penalty to be imposed may be reduced, or no penalty may be imposed at all.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 260 · Kamu görevinin terki veya yapılmaması

(1) Hukuka aykırı olarak ve toplu biçimde, görevlerini terk eden, görevlerine gelmeyen, görevlerini geçici de olsa kısmen veya tamamen yapmayan veya yavaşlatan kamu görevlilerinin her biri hakkında üç aydan bir yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir. Kamu görevlisi sayısının üçten fazla olmaması halinde cezaya hükmolunmaz.

(2) Kamu görevlilerinin mesleki ve sosyal hakları ile ilgili olarak, hizmeti aksatmayacak biçimde, geçici ve kısa süreli iş bırakmaları veya yavaşlatmaları halinde, verilecek cezada indirim yapılabileceği gibi, ceza da verilmeyebilir.

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

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