(1) Any person who uses any knowledge, which has been obtained by virtue of holding a public office, of scientific explorations, new discoveries or industrial innovations, either for his or another’s benefit, and such information is to be kept confidential for State security, shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment from five years to ten years and judicial fine up to three thousand days.

(2) Where the act is committed to serve the interest of a country at war with Turkey, or places the State’s preparations for war, effectiveness in war or its military movements in jeopardy, the offender shall be sentenced to a penalty of life imprisonment.

(3) Where a person who is assigned to an official duty in a foreign country by the Turkish State performs disloyally and potentially causes damage by such actions shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of five to ten years.

(4) Any person who, becoming aware of an offence defined in this article before it is committed, fails to notify the authorities in time, shall be sentenced to a penalty of imprisonment for a term of six months to two years, even if the offence is at the stage of attempt.