Offence of the official document forgery

The subject of this thesis is the crime of forgery in the official document regulated in Article 204 of the Turkish Penal Code no. 5237. In the first paragraph of the said article, the official document, which requires a common penalty in terms of forgery in the official document committed by the public official in the second paragraph, forgery in the official document committed by the public official, and in the third and last paragraph, the official document, which requires a common penalty in terms of crimes regulated in both paragraphs, is regulated to be a valid document until the forgery is fixed in accordance with the provisions of the law. In the official document, it is aimed to protect the belief and confidence of the society in the validity of official documents with the crime of forgery. This crime is regulated in the fourth section titled "Crimes Against Public Trust" of the third part titled "Crimes Against Society" of the Turkish Penal Code no. 5237. In the official document, the crime of forgery is subject to debate in many respects in doctrine and practice. It has been observed that this case leads to conflicting decisions and unfair practices. In addition, this issue has been addressed by considering the new concepts and cases that arise due to the development and change of crime as the scope and quality due to social and technological developments. In the study, compared with the explanations of the Turkish Criminal Codes no. 765 and 5237 were mentioned. In addition, it has been attempted to contribute to the clarification of the subject by including our opinions and beliefs in the doctrine and practice.