The crime of providing a place and opportunity for gambling is regulated in Article 228 of the Turkish Penal Code. According to this article, “Any person who provides a place or opportunity for gambling is punished with imprisonment from one to three years and a judicial fine of not less than two hundred days.”<\/p>\n
Elements of the Crime of Providing a Place and Opportunity for Gambling<\/p>\n
Providing a place or opportunity for gambling:\u00a0The essential element of the crime is the provision of a place or environment for a person to gamble.
\nIntention:\u00a0The crime must be committed deliberately.
\nVictim:\u00a0The victim of the crime is society.<\/p>\n
Qualified Cases of the Crime of Providing a Place and Opportunity for Gambling<\/p>\n
Providing a place and opportunity for children to gamble: If the crime is committed by providing a place and opportunity for children to gamble, the upper limit of the penalty is increased by up to two times.
\nProviding a place and opportunity for gambling is committed using information systems or tools: If the crime is committed using information systems or tools, the upper limit of the penalty is increased by up to two times.<\/p>\n
Complaint for Providing a Place and Opportunity for Gambling<\/p>\n
The crime of providing a place and opportunity for gambling is subject to complaint. However, if the crime is committed against children, it is not subject to complaint.<\/p>\n
Statute of Limitations for the Crime of Providing a Place and Opportunity for Gambling<\/p>\n
The statute of limitations for the crime of providing a place and opportunity for gambling is eight years.<\/p>\n
Prevention of the Crime of Providing a Place and Opportunity for Gambling<\/p>\n
In order to prevent the crime of providing a place and opportunity for gambling, people should not provide a place and opportunity for gambling. Additionally, raising awareness about the harms of gambling can also help prevent crime.<\/p>\n
Examples of the Crime of Providing a Place and Opportunity for Gambling<\/p>\n
The crime of providing a place and opportunity for gambling can be committed in many different ways. For example, operating a casino, operating a betting office, providing a place or environment for a person to gamble, advertising a gambling game or encouraging the playing of a gambling game may be considered an offense of providing a place or opportunity for a person to gamble.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Gambling is an activity that relies on the factor of luck and is undertaken with the aim of gaining money or other value. Providing a place and opportunity for gambling means providing a place or environment for someone to gamble. This can be done by operating a casino, betting office or other gambling establishment, or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":3791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-makaleler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3792,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3790\/revisions\/3792"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ozkokhukuk.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}