THE CRIME OF INSULTING RELIGIOUS VALUES IN THE TURKISH PENAL CODE (TPC 216/3)

Abstract

Hate speech is a type of expression that results from people's inability to tolerate and tolerate certain characteristics of each other in society, such as religion, belief, and race. Such statements are one of the obstacles to the growth of a democratic society that dynamites the society's peace and serenity over time, if not in a short time. When it comes to expressions that can be classified as hate speech, the state's positive obligations in terms of protecting the beliefs and convictions of other individuals of the impacted society will come into play. The Turkish Penal Code (TPC) has laws on the punishment of hate speech expressions in this regard (TPC). One of them is TPC 216/3 on the crime of insulting religious values. Based on this context, the expression of insulting religious values within the scope of hate speech in this study is to examine the elements of the crime of insulting religious values, which is also subject to the decisions of international supervisory bodies, within the scope of TPC 216/3, of the crime of insulting the religious values of a section of the population.
 Keywords: Hate Speech, Insulting Religious Values, Insulting Religion.