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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 336: Disclosing prohibited information

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter Seven: Offences against State Secrets and Espionage

(1) Any person who discloses information the disclosure of which is prohibited by the competent authorities pursuant to laws and regulatory acts and which, by its nature, must remain secret shall be sentenced to imprisonment from three years to five years.

(2) Where the act is committed in wartime or endangers the war preparations, the war effectiveness or the military operations of the State, the offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment from ten years to fifteen years.

(3) Where the act occurs as a result of the negligence of the offender, the offender shall be sentenced to imprisonment from six months to two years in the case described in paragraph 1, and from three years to eight years in the case described in paragraph 2.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 336 · Yasaklanan bilgileri açıklama

(1) Yetkili makamların kanun ve düzenleyici işlemlere göre açıklanmasını yasakladığı ve niteliği bakımından gizli kalması gereken bilgileri açıklayan kimseye üç yıldan beş yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

(2) Fiil, savaş zamanında işlenmiş veya Devletin savaş hazırlıklarını veya savaş etkinliğini veya askerî hareketlerini tehlikeye sokmuş ise faile on yıldan onbeş yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

(3) Fiil, failin taksiri sonucu meydana gelmiş ise, birinci fıkrada yazılı olan halde faile altı aydan iki yıla, ikinci fıkrada yazılı halde üç yıldan sekiz yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

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

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