This criminal history check has nationwide coverage and it covers citizens and foreigners over
18 years of age. The criminal history record check contains information for all of the following criminal
convictions of offenses, except those deleted by rehabilitation laws or considered spent:
● offenses against the person (e.g., kişilere karşı suçlar, e.g. offenses against life offenses
● against physical integrity, experimentation on human beings, torture, illegal abortion,
● miscarriage, and sterilization, etc.)
● offenses against sexual integrity sexual offenses (e.g., cinse dokunulmazlığa karşı suçlar) fraud
and forgery (e.g., dolandırılıcık ve sahtecilik)
● criminal damage (e.g., mücrim zarar)
● drug offenses (e.g., uyuşturucu suçları)
● motoring offenses (e.g., trafik güvenliğini tehlikeye sokma)
● International offenses (e.g., genocide and offenses against humanity, human trafficking, etc.)
● offenses against liberty (e.g., blackmail, threat, etc.)
● offenses against dignity (e.g., insult, immunity of accusation and defence, etc.)
● offenses against privacy and confidentiality (e.g., violation of confidentiality of communication,
violation of privacy, etc.)
● offenses against property (e.g., burglary (haneye tecavüz)
● robbery (soygun)
● theft and handling of stolen goods (e.g., gasp)
● offenses against the public
● offenses against the environment
● offenses against public health
● offenses against public confidence
● offenses against public peace
● offenses against transport vehicles or stationary platforms
● offenses against public morals
● offenses against the family order
● offenses against the economy, industry, and trade
● offenses related to data processing systems
● offenses against nation and state and final provisions.
The records go 5 years back. Convictions are removed from an individual’s criminal record when: the
offense is no longer a crime, or after a period of 80 years has passed.