Perjury

Within the scope of this thesis called ?Perjury?, the thereotical framework of the crime is discussed and court decisions about the crime took place. After the historical development of perjury is discussed, the court applications and regulations on perjury in Turkish Law and Common Law countries are examined. The importance of true witnessing to sentence truthful decisions by judiciary organs, the risk of failure on fair trial by perjury and facing perjury in practice took place on doing a detailed research and deciding the perjury as thesis subject. Accordingly it is aimed to fill the gaps on Turkish Law about perjury. Perjury is committed by telling false statement willfully due process. In order to commit perjury, it is required to do witnessing in front of authorized person or commission. Witnessing in front of a court, a person or commission which is authorized to swear in or due process of special crimes are qualified conditions of perjury. Imposement of judicial or administrative sanction, taking into custody, arrestment of the prosecuted because of perjury are regulated as the aggravated situations as a result of its consequences in Turkish Penal Code. In addition to that effective repentance and impunity for personal reasons of perjury are regulated in Turkish Penal Code. KEY WORDS: 1. Witness 2. False statement 3. Contrary to truth 4. Perjury 5. Responsibility