The new Penal Code, Law 5237, replaced the 1926 code and made selling, giving, transporting, storing or possessing drugs for supply an offence carrying at least ten years and a judicial fine. The article does not distinguish a gift from a sale. Personal use stayed under Article 191 with a lower range. The code took effect on 1 June 2005.[1]
Score by segment 0 to 10
- Possession · 25%1 → 1
- Personal cultivation · 25%1 → 1
- Punishment & enforcement · 20%1 → 1
- Sharing & gifting · 10%1 → 0−1
- Consumption · 10%1 → 1
- Legal access · 10%0 → 0
The bar shows the score after the change; the tick marks where it stood before. Türkiye's scores have changed again since.
References
- Türkiye — Turkish Criminal Code (Law 5237), consolidated textArticle 188(3); giving, transporting, storing or possessing for supply; at least ten years.archived
Checked. The date and the event were compared with a source that was read. The score before the change is an editorial estimate.