Reasons of personal impunity in Turkish Criminal Law

Legal rules are a means of regulating social relations that are sanctioned and watched over by the state. The committing of the acts prohibited by the legal order constitutes the crimes and the sanctions are the penalties. Which acts constitute a crime and which punishments will be given in return are determined by the laws. However, in some cases, in accordance with the crime policy followed, it is possible that the acts that constitute a crime are not punished. The legal concept that results in the perpetrator not being punished due to his personal situation, characteristics and relationships is called personal impunity reasons, even though the act committed is in accordance with the legal type and unlawful. The sources of personal impunity in the Turkish Criminal Law are the Turkish Penal Code, the Constitution and some international treaties. In the first part of our study; the concept of personal impunity, the reasons for its regulation and its position in crime theory, in the second part; from the consequences of personal impunity in terms of criminal law and criminal procedure and its relation with similar concepts, in the third part; the reasons for personal impunity in the Turkish Penal Code and the Constitution and the special situations brought about by international agreements will be mentioned.