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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 341: Insult against the flag 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) Any person who publicly degrades the officially hoisted flag or other emblems of sovereignty of a foreign State shall be sentenced to imprisonment from three months to one year.

(2) The conduct of an investigation and prosecution for this offence shall be subject to the complaint of the State concerned.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 341 · Yabancı devlet bayrağına karşı hakaret

(1) Resmen çekilmiş olan yabancı devlet bayrağını veya diğer egemenlik alametlerini alenen tahkir eden kimseye üç aydan bir yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

(2) Bu suçtan dolayı soruşturma ve kovuşturma yapılması, ilgili devletin şikayetine bağlıdır.

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

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