Recent Development
The Law Amending the Law on the Execution of Sentences and
Security Measures and Certain Laws No. 7242
("Law"), which was published on the
Official Gazette on April 15, 2020, amends a total of 11 laws,
including the Law on the Execution of Sentences and Security
Measures, the Turkish Criminal Law No. 5237 and the Criminal
Procedure Law No. 5271.
What's New?
1. Scope of penalties to be fulfilled in open penal
institutions extended
As per the Law, criminals sentenced to imprisonment for three
years or less due to intentional crimes will directly fulfill their
penalties in open penal institutions. The Law excludes the
following from this provision's scope: criminals sentenced due
to terror crimes, organized crimes and crimes against sexual
inviolability; criminals sentenced due to the same type of crime
for the second time; and criminals whose penalties continue to be
fulfilled in penal institutions due to the withdrawal of their
conditional
