Definition
(1) Any person who, partially or completely, destroys or temporarily renders unusable land
transport vehicles, maritime transport vessels or aircraft, roads, institutions, depots or
other military facilities belonging to, or supplied for the services of, the armed forces of
the State, notwithstanding that their construction has not yet been completed, shall be
sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of six to twelve years.
(2) The penalty of aggravated life imprisonment shall be imposed:
a) where the offence has been committed for the benefit of a state with which
Turkey is at war,
b) where the offence has jeopardised the Turkish State’s preparations for war or its
ability and capacity to wage war or its military movements.
(3) Where a person, who is responsible for the protection and supervision, or is in charge,
of buildings, institutions or property as described in paragraph one, causes or facilitates
a situation in which items are destroyed or rendered unusable due to his recklessness,
he shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of one to five years.
(4) Any person who conspires with a non citizen in wartime for the purpose of facilitating the
movements of enemy armed forces to the detriment of the Turkish State or of harming
the military movements of the Turkish State or who, notwithstanding the absence of
conspiracy, commits acts aimed at achieving the same result, shall be sentenced to a
penalty of imprisonment for a term of ten to fifteen years.
(5) If enemy military movements have actually been facilitated or the military movements of
the Turkish State have been harmed as a result of the acts described in paragraph four,
the offender shall be sentenced to a penalty of aggravated life imprisonment.
(6) The same penalty shall be imposed on any non citizen with whom the offender of the
offences referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs conspires.
(7) The provisions of this article shall also be applicable if the actions stated in the
aforementioned paragraphs are committed in Turkey to the detriment of a state with
which the Turkish State is jointly participating, or has an alliance, for the purposes of
waging war.