TCK Article 106: Threatening another person's life, body/sexual immunity is a crime.
Penalties
- Simple threat: 6 months - 2 years in prison
- With a gun / crowd / making a person unrecognizable: 2-5 years
- Death threat: 4-7 years
Threat Forms
- Verbal
- Written (letter, message)
- SMS, WhatsApp
- Social media
- Phone
What the Victim Should Do
- Take screenshots of threatening messages
- Complaint to the police station/prosecutor's office
- Lawyer support
- Law No. 6284 (women/domestic violence)
Complaint
- Simple threat: based on complaint (6 months)
- Qualified: ex officio
Supreme Court 2nd CD and 4th CD
2. CD adopts that the threat must be "serious and realizable" and that statements that are obviously jokes will not be considered threats.
Criminal defense is recommended.