⚡ Direct Legal Assessment & Key Takeaways Article 123/A of the Turkish Penal Code criminalizes persistent pursuit (stalking), defining it as persistently following an individual physically or attempting to contact them repeatedly via telecommunication, digital messaging, or social media networks,… Read More »Persistent Pursuit Crime and its Punishment (Turkish Penal Code Art. 123/A)
⚡ Direct Legal Assessment & Key Takeaways Tax evasion crime (vergi kaçakçılığı suçu) is governed by Article 359 of the Turkish Tax Procedure Law (Law No. 213). It penalizes deliberate fraudulent practices designed to evade tax obligations, including concealing or… Read More »What is Tax Evasion Crime and its Penalty?
⚡ Direct Legal Assessment & Key Takeaways Under the Turkish Commercial Code (TCC) and Turkish Penal Code (TPC), company directors, board members, and authorized signatories are personally and individually liable for criminal offenses committed through company activities. While civil liabilities… Read More »Liabilities of Company Executives Under Turkish Criminal Law
⚡ Direct Legal Assessment & Key Takeaways The financial crime of manipulation (market abuse) is governed by Article 107 of the Turkish Capital Market Law (Law No. 6362). It penalizes both transaction-based manipulation (fictitious trading, wash sales, pump-and-dump) and information-based… Read More »Financial Crime of Manipulation
⚡ Direct Legal Assessment & Key Takeaways Economic and white-collar crimes in Turkey encompass financial offenses committed in commercial, corporate, and public spheres. Governed primarily by the Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237), Turkish Commercial Code (Law No. 6102), and… Read More »Economic Crimes in Turkish Criminal Law
⚡ Direct Legal Assessment & Key Takeaways Criminal extradition in Turkey is governed by Law No. 6706 on International Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters and the European Convention on Extradition (ECE). Extradition involves surrendering a foreign national located in Turkey… Read More »Criminal Extradition (Return) Procedure in Turkey
⚡ Direct Legal Assessment & Key Takeaways Under Article 134 of the Turkish Penal Code (Law No. 5237), unlawful intrusion into an individual's confidential private life, non-consensual audio or video surveillance, and unauthorized disclosure of personal private records are serious… Read More »Crime of Violation of Privacy (Turkish Penal Code Article 134)
