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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 318: Alienating the public from military service

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter Six: Offences against National Defence

(1) Amended: 11/4/2013, Law No. 6459, Art. 13 Persons who engage in incitement or suggestion in such a manner as to induce those performing military service to desert or to dissuade those who are to join military service from performing such service shall be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to two years.

(2) Where the act is committed through the press and media, the penalty shall be increased by one half.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 318 · Halkı askerlikten soğutma

(1) (Değişik: 11/4/2013-6459/13 md.) Askerlik hizmetini yapanları firara sevk edecek veya askerlik hizmetine katılacak olanları bu hizmeti yapmaktan vazgeçirecek şekilde teşvik veya telkinde bulunanlara altı aydan iki yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

(2) Fiil, basın ve yayın yolu ile işlenirse ceza yarısı oranında artırılır.

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

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