Sexual attack offense in the Turkish Criminal Law

Certain sanctions are imposed on unjust acts committed in that society in order to ensure social order and not to damage the sense of justice. With these sanctions, the satisfaction of the victim is ensured and a message of intimidation and deterrence is given to the perpetrator and perpetrator candidates. When determining the penalty to be applied in return for a crime, there should be a punishment that is both legal and acceptable to social conscience. Otherwise, social order cannot be established, the sense of justice is damaged and even the society wants to punish the perpetrators. The act of sexual assault is also important in terms of determining the limits and imposing a punishment in accordance with the law. This determination is provided by the crime and punishment policy followed by the state and by the dynamics of the society. According to official statistics, while the rate of commitment of sexual assault offenses is at a certain level, if the cases that are kept silent and whose complaints are blocked are added to these offenses, it will constitute an important place among the offenses committed. If the sanctions of these acts are deterrent, the victims of the offense will not remain silent and will reach the judicial authorities safely.