Significant changes were made in crimes against women in the Turkish Penal Code in 2022.
Important Changes
- Crime of persistent stalking (Art. 123/A): newly added (6 months - 2 years)
- Case involving intentional wounding (Art. 86)
- Expansion of 6284 SK application
- Punishment against female victims increase
Insistent Stalking
- Following on social media
- Insistence on message/call
- Physical follow-up
- Harassment of family members
Rights of the Victim
- Criminal complaint
- 6284 protection order
- Moral compensation
- Injunction
Supreme Court 12. CD
12. CD adopts that the crime of stalking must be "continuous and systematic".
Family and criminal lawyer is recommended.