Eighth Judicial Package, officially published in the Official
Gazette on 12.03.2024 under the name of Law on Amendments to the
Code of Criminal Procedure and Some Other Laws, brings significant
changes in various areas such as criminal law, enforcement, and
bankruptcy law, personal data protection law, and legal timeframes.
In this article, we will examine the changes concerning criminal
laws.
Changes Made in the Penal Code with the Judicial Package
Administrative fines
With the new regulation, the amount of administrative fines has
been increased. While the previous version of the law stipulated a
daily equivalent of administrative fines ranging from a minimum of
twenty to a maximum of one hundred Turkish Liras, with the
amendment, it is now regulated that a daily equivalent of
administrative fines ranging from a minimum of one hundred to a
maximum of five hundred Turkish Liras can be imposed. It was a
matter of concern in the legal community that administrative
