Turkey
The age of consent in Turkey is the age of majority (set at 18 as per Article 11 of the Turkish Civil Code).
According to Article 104 of the Turkish Penal Code (Türk Ceza Kanunu), if the minor is 15, 16 or 17 and the age gap is less than 5 years, the acts can be prosecuted only upon a complaint.
ARTICLE 104 – (1) Any person who is in sexual intercourse with a child who completed the age of fifteen without using force, threat and fraud, is sentenced to imprisonment from six months to two years upon filing of a complaint.
(2) If the offender is older than the victim more than five years, the punishment to be imposed is doubled without seeking raise of a complaint.
Article 103 regulates sex with minors under 15 or minors who lack the ability to understand the act as child sexual abuse, stipulating imprisonment from three to eight years. Penalties may be heavier depending on the identity of the perpetrator and other circumstances.
Criminal Code (in English)
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