The crime of unrequited transaction in the cheque

The cheque, which provides many benefits and whose function is increasing, occupies an important place today because it is one of the most frequently used payment tools in commercial life. In practice, the cheque is similar to the credit transaction due to the fact that since it can be drawn as post-dated. However, the fact that the cheque can be drawn as post-dated brings legal problems with it. In particular, if the cheque is deemed dishonored (unrequited) after being presented to the addressee bank, creates an important problem in commercial life and reduces the trust in it. In order to prevent this, due to -related- legal regulations, the act of having a dishonored bill of change is subject to legal and criminal sanctions. In this context, in our master's thesis titled "The Crime of Causing the Unrequited Transaction in the Cheque", the criminal consequences of the act of making the unrequited transaction related to the cheque were examined. In this framework, within the scope of our work, first the definition of the cheque within the framework of the provisions of the Turkish Commercial Code and the Cheque Law, the history of the cheque and the legal nature and elements of cheque are determined; then the concept of unrequited, the history of the related sanctions and the criminal consequences of cheque submitted to the addressee during the payment period are explained.