(1) Where a person is sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for an intentional offence the legal consequence of such shall be his prohibition from:

a) becoming a member of the Turkish Grand National Assembly or undertaking employment as, or in the service of, an appointed or elected public officer permanently, temporarily or for a fixed period of time within the administration of the state, a province, municipality or village, or institution or entity under their control or supervision;

b) voting or being elected and exercising other political rights;

c) acting as a guardian or being appointed in the role of guardianship and trustee;

d) being the administrator or inspector of a legal entity namely, foundation, association, labor union, company, cooperative or political party;

e) conducting any profession or trade, which is subject to the permission of a professional organization (which is in the nature of a public institution or organization), under his own responsibility as a professional or a tradesman.

(2) A person shall not exercise these rights until the completion of the term of his penalty of imprisonment.

(3) The provisions in the above paragraph shall not be applicable to an offender whose sentence of imprisonment has been suspended, or who has been conditionally released, in respect of acting as a guardian or being appointed in the role of guardianship and trustee. Where an offender has been subject to a suspended prison sentence the prohibition defined in paragraph 1(e) may not apply.

(4) The provision of paragraph one shall not be applicable to persons whose short term sentence of imprisonment have been suspended or to persons who were under eighteen years old at the time when they committed the offence.

(5) Where a sentence of imprisonment has been imposed for an offence related to the of abuse one of the rights or authority defined in paragraph one, the offender shall be prohibited from exercising such right for a period of one half to two times the length of imprisonment imposed, such to come into effect after the prison term is served. Where only a judicial fine has been imposed for an offence related to the abuse of one of these rights or authority the exercise of this right shall be prohibited for a period of one half to double the number of days stated in the judgment. The relevant time relating to the start of the prohibition (once the judgment is finalised) is that when the judicial fine has been completely executed.

(6) Where an offender is convicted of a reckless offence on the grounds of failing to discharge a duty of care and attention while performing a certain profession or trade, or while observing the necessities of traffic safety, it may be determined that the offender shall be prohibited from performing such profession, or trade, or that his driver’s license be suspended for a period of not less than three months and not more three years. The prohibition or the suspension shall be enforced once the judgment is finalized and such period starts once any sentence is completely served.