The crime of production and trade of narcotics and psychotropic substances (Turkish Penal Code, Article 188)

The "Crime of Drugs or Stimulants Production and Trade" that we have determined as the subject of the thesis is regulated under the title of" Crimes Against Public Health "in the Turkish Penal Code. When manufacturing, importing or exporting drugs or stimulants unlicensed or illegal contrary to the law regulated in the article 188/1 of TPC; it is foreseen as a crime to sell, sell, sell, store, buy, accept, or store drugs or stimulants unlicensed or unlawful in the country in the article 188/3. However in the article 188/2; import and export actions shall be imposed in different countries in terms of enforcement and the criminal penalties for the same action will be deducted from the sentence given in Turkey, qualified forms of the crime is organized in the article 188/4,5. It is also stated in the article 188/6 of TPC that the provisions of above subsections are applied in every aspect for all kinds of drugs with relieving or exciting affect, of which the production is subject to permission of the competent authorities and the sale is realized under prescription issued by a physician and in the article 188/7 of TPC that any person who engages in import, sale, purchase, transport, storage or export of any product of which the import and production is subject to permission of the official authorities with the purpose of using this in production of addictive or relieving/exciting drugs is punished with imprisonment not less than four years and also imposed punitive fine up to twenty thousand days. Finally, it is stated in the article 188/8 of TPC that in case of commission of the offenses mentioned in this article by a physician, dentist, pharmacist, chemist, veterinary, health personnel, laboratory technician, midwife, nurse, dentistry technician, nurse, health personnel or any other person dealing in chemistry or pharmacy; the punishment to be imposed is increased by one half