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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 314: Armed organisation

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter Five: Offences against the Constitutional Order and its Functioning

(1) Any person who establishes or directs an armed organisation for the purpose of committing the offences set out in Chapters Four and Five of this Part shall be punished with imprisonment from ten to fifteen years.

(2) Persons who become members of the organisation defined in paragraph 1 shall be sentenced to imprisonment from five to ten years.

(3) Added: 2/3/2024, Law No. 7499, Art. 11 Paragraph annulled by Constitutional Court decision of 5/11/2024, E. 2024/81, K. 2024/189

(4) The other provisions relating to the offence of establishing an organisation for the purpose of committing offences shall apply mutatis mutandis to this offence.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 314 · Silâhlı örgüt

(1) Bu kısmın dördüncü ve beşinci bölümlerinde yer alan suçları işlemek amacıyla, silahlı örgüt kuran veya yöneten kişi, on yıldan onbeş yıla kadar hapis cezası ile cezalandırılır.

(2) Birinci fıkrada tanımlanan örgüte üye olanlara, beş yıldan on yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

(3) (Ek:2/3/2024-7499/11 md.) (İptal fıkra: Anayasa Mahkemesinin 5/11/2024 Tarihli ve E.:2024/81, K.:2024/189 Sayılı Kararı ile)

(4) Suç işlemek amacıyla örgüt kurma suçuna ilişkin diğer hükümler, bu suç açısından aynen uygulanır.

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

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