Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter Two: Offences against the Administration of Justice
(1) A person who reports to the competent authorities an offence which he or she knows has not been committed as if it had been committed, or who fabricates evidence or indications of an offence that has not been committed in a manner that will cause an investigation to be conducted, shall be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of up to three years.
Original Turkish text
MADDE 271 · Suç uydurma
(1) İşlenmediğini bildiği bir suçu, yetkili makamlara işlenmiş gibi ihbar eden ya da işlenmeyen bir suçun delil veya emarelerini soruşturma yapılmasını sağlayacak biçimde uyduran kimseye üç yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.