Discretionary matter in mitigation
Article 62

(1) In case of the discretionary matter, which shall mitigate the punishment and be advantage for perpetrator, instead of heavy life imprisonment, life imprisonment; instead of life imprisonment, twenty-five years punishment of imprisonment, shall be given.

(2) Can be taken into consideration, the background of perpetrator, the social relations, behaviours of perpetrator which is after the act and during the trial, the possible punishment effects on perpetrators future and the like factors, as a discretionary matter in mitigation.

Set-Off
Article 63

The periods which had been spent because of drawing a conclusion of punishments restricting personal liberty and before the sentence not to conclusive, shall be reduced from punishment of imprisonment sentence. Shall be made reduction from this punishment, one day be considered as a hundred Turkish New Million, when be given judicial fine decision.