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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 44: Notional concurrence

Part Two: Principles of Criminal Responsibility › Chapter Five: Concurrence of Offences

(1) A person who, by a single act, causes more than one different offence to arise shall be punished for the offence requiring the heaviest penalty among them.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 44 · Fikri içtima

(1) İşlediği bir fiil ile birden fazla farklı suçun oluşmasına sebebiyet veren kişi, bunlardan en ağır cezayı gerektiren suçtan dolayı cezalandırılır.

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

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