1) A person who attributes a concrete act or fact that may offend another person’s honor, dignity and prestige, or who attacks another person’s honor, honor and dignity by cursing, is sentenced to imprisonment from three months to two years or a judicial fine. In order for the insult to be punished in the absence of the victim, the act must be committed with at least three people.
(2) If the act is committed with an audio, written or visual message addressed to the victim, the penalty specified in the above paragraph is imposed.
(3) The offense of insult;
a) Due to his duty to a public official,
b) Due to the fact that he explains, changes, tries to spread his religious, political, social, philosophical beliefs, thoughts and convictions, and acts in accordance with the orders and prohibitions of the religion to which he belongs,
c) With reference to the values considered sacred according to the religion of the person, in case of committing, the lower limit of the penalty cannot be less than one year.
(4) If the insult is committed publicly, the penalty is increased by one sixth.
(5) In case of insulting the public officials working as a council due to their duties, the offense is deemed to have been committed against the members of the board. However, in this case, the provisions of the article pertaining to the chain crime are applied.
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