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Viewing cable 05ANKARA359, PASSAGE OF THE NEW TURKISH PENAL CODE -

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
05ANKARA359 2005-01-24 07:56 2011-08-24 01:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Ankara
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.
UNCLAS ANKARA 000359 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR CA/OCS/CI 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: CASC CJAN KOCI KTIA TU
SUBJECT: PASSAGE OF THE NEW TURKISH PENAL CODE - 
CRIMINALIZATION OF CHILD ABDUCTION 
 
1. On September 26, 2004, the New Turkish Penal Code was 
approved by the Turkish Parliament and will go into effect 
in April 2005. 
 
2. Article 234 of the new Penal Code makes it a crime for a 
noncustodial parent or other blood relative to abduct a 
child less than 16 years of age from the custodian parent 
and punishes this crime with a prison term of 3 months to 1 
year. 
 
3. If the kidnapping accompanies a force or threat of force 
or if the child is less than 12 years of age, the penalty 
will be doubled. 
 
4. While the law is silent in the cases when no custody has 
been assigned, it is still an important step forward since 
the notion of criminalizing an abduction of a child by 
his/her parent is a novel idea in Turkish society.  Turkey's 
is currently working on a comprehensive law encompassing all 
issues related to children. 
 
 
EDELMAN