AI Summary & Key Takeaways
AI InsightThis is an important type of crime aimed at protecting stability and fairness of economic life, and is regulated under the section of the Turkish Criminal Code entitled “Crimes Pertaining to Economy, Industryand Commerce”.
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Abstract
Extortionate extension of credit, colloquially known as “loansharking”, has for the first time been regulated in a criminal code in Turkey with the passingof the Turkish Criminal Code no. 5237. Extending loans for profit without being licensed by the government has been defined as a felony in Article 241 of the Turkish Criminal Code. This is an important type of crime aimed at protecting stability and fairness of economic life, and is regulated under the section of the Turkish Criminal Code entitled “Crimes Pertaining to Economy, Industryand Commerce”.
Özet
Tefecilik ilk defa 5237 sayılı TCK ile bir ceza kanununda düzen lenmiştir. Genel olarak kazanç sağlamak maksadıyla Devlet tarafından izin almaksızın ödünç para vermek olarak öngörülen tefecilik TCK.m.241’de hüküm altına alınmıştır. Ekonomi, Sanayi ve Ticarete ilişkin suçları düzen leyen bölümde yer alan tefecilik iktisadi hayatın dengelerini korumayı hedefleyen önemli bir suç tipidir.