The crime of bribery in Turkish Criminal Law

"Crimes against the reliability and functioning of public administration" among the bribery offence Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 was regulated between articles 252-254. Bribery is to provide a benefit to the public official in the framework of the agreement he has made with the person in return for doing or not doing a job which is within the scope of his duty. Bribery is a perpetrator offense involving a person who takes the bribe on the one hand and a person who is bribing on the other. In order for the crime to occur, the free will of the parties must be aligned in order to ensure or not to carry out a certain job which is in the duty of the public official. The provisions of the Turkish Criminal Code on bribery were amended and revised in 2012 with Law No. 6352. In our study, these provisions concerning the bribery offense were examined in detail; the structure of the bribery offense, its elements, special forms of appearance, effective remorse, the investigation and prosecution of the crime and the sanction of the crime are explained. Moreover, in the light of the views in the doctrine and the judgements of The Court of Cassation, it has been tried to reveal the adequacy of these legal regulations related to bribery crime in terms of bribery and anti-corruption. Keywords: Bribery, corruption, public administration, publicofficial, advantage.