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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 340: Offence against the head of a foreign State

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part Four: Offences against the Nation and the State, and Final Provisions › Chapter Eight: Offences against Relations with Foreign States

(1) The penalty to be imposed on a person who commits an offence against the head of a foreign State shall be increased by one eighth. Where the offence requires life imprisonment, aggravated life imprisonment shall be imposed.

(2) Where the act is among the offences whose investigation and prosecution are subject to a complaint, the investigation and prosecution shall be subject to the complaint of the foreign State.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 340 · Yabancı devlet başkanına karşı suç

(1) Yabancı devletlerden birinin başkanına karşı bir suç işleyen kişiye verilecek ceza, sekizde biri oranında artırılır. Suçun müebbet hapis cezasını gerektirmesi halinde, ağırlaştırılmış müebbet hapis cezasına hükmolunur.

(2) Fiil, soruşturulması ve kovuşturulması şikayete bağlı suçlardan ise, soruşturma ve kovuşturma yabancı devletin şikayetine bağlıdır.

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

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