Mr.Krakow,

Answers are below:

a) Yes that code was promulgated in 1999 and in charge now. The code
forbids the violence in family and involves sanctions such as banishment
or imprisonment against offenders.

b) I believe not.

c) Action of Negligent Killing is addressed in Turkish Criminal Code section
455. However it should be mentioned that this section does not
distinguish the action between a trafic accident case or any other kind of
case involving negligent killing. So it is applied to all relevant cases, not
only to traffic accidents. Secondly, there is no special emphasize for
alcohol using in this section as well. Instead, section handles the action
according to a "fault" basis and evaluate the fault of the accused in a
scale of 1 to 8 and apply the punishment according to this scale. If the
victim is only one person then, the punishment is 2 to 5 years
imprisonment. If there are more people killed, it is 4 to 10 years.

As for the intentional bodily injury: Lightest action (attack occured but no
injury at all) just gets 2 to 6 months imprisonment. If light injury occured,
it is 6 to 12 months. For other severe damages (addressed in section
456), it is 2 to 5 years. If the action crippled the victim, it is 5 to 10
years. According to section 457 if the action is done by a gun then the
punishment aggravates upto 1/3 to 1/2 of the original.

As far as intentional murder concerned, the punishment stretches from 24
years to death penalty depending on the action.

d) Yes the implemented codes are still in force. And unfortunately they
didnt undergo any significant amendments. Trivial rectifications though.

e) Yes it exists and was adopted from European countries, however not
from a single one.

f) Next judge finishes the cases.

I wish you good luck with your magazine writing and I hope these answers
will help you.

Best Regards,