Turkish Law in EnglishTÜRKİYE
Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 320: Enlisting, or enlisting as, soldiers for foreign service

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

(1) Any person who, without the permission of the Government, enlists citizens as soldiers or arms citizens within the Country for the purpose of serving in the service of, or working in favour of, a foreigner or a foreign State shall be sentenced to imprisonment from three to six years.

(2) Where there are soldiers or persons of military age among those enlisted or armed, the penalty shall be increased by one third.

(3) Any person who accepts the service referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sentenced to imprisonment from one to three years.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 320 · Yabancı hizmetine asker yazma, yazılma

(1) Hükûmetin izni olmaksızın bir yabancı veya yabancı Devlet hizmetinde veya bunların lehinde çalışmak üzere Ülke içinde vatandaşlardan asker yazan veya vatandaşları silahlandıran kimseye üç yıldan altı yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

(2) Asker yazılanlar veya silahlandırılanlar arasından asker veya askerlik çağında olanlar varsa ceza üçte biri oranında artırılır.

(3) Birinci fıkradaki hizmeti kabul eden kimseye bir yıldan üç yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

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

Unofficial translation for information only. The Turkish text published in the Official Gazette is the only authoritative version. This page is not legal advice.