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Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237)

Article 78: Organisation

Book Two: Special Provisions › Part One: International Crimes › Chapter One: Genocide and Crimes against Humanity

(1) Any person who establishes or directs an organisation for the purpose of committing the offences set out in the preceding articles shall be punished with imprisonment from ten to fifteen years. Those who become members of such organisations shall be sentenced to imprisonment from five to ten years.

(2) Security measures shall also be ordered against legal persons on account of these offences.

(3) No limitation shall run in respect of these offences.

Original Turkish text

MADDE 78 · Örgüt

(1) Yukarıdaki maddelerde yazılı suçları işlemek maksadıyla örgüt kuran veya yöneten kişi, on yıldan onbeş yıla kadar hapis cezası ile cezalandırılır. Bu örgütlere üye olanlara beş yıldan on yıla kadar hapis cezası verilir.

(2) Bu suçlardan dolayı tüzel kişiler hakkında da güvenlik tedbirine hükmolunur.

(3) Bu suçlardan dolayı zamanaşımı işlemez.

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

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