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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 266: Use of tools and equipment pertaining to public duty in an offence

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) Where a public official uses tools and equipment held by him by virtue of his duty during the commission of an offence, the penalty to be imposed on him shall be increased by one third, provided that the capacity of public official has not already been taken into account in the definition of the relevant offence.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 266 · Kamu görevine ait araç ve gereçleri suçta kullanma

(1) Görevi gereği olarak elinde bulundurduğu araç ve gereçleri bir suçun işlenmesi sırasında kullanan kamu görevlisi hakkında, ilgili suçun tanımında kamu görevlisi sıfatı esasen göz önünde bulundurulmamış ise, verilecek ceza üçte biri oranında artırılır.

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

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