Özet:

For the stability of the economy, interest policies should be determined by the states and the process should be controlled only by the state. Lending high-interest loans by taking advantage of the difficult situation of the person is in may cause the person to fall into economic difficulty at a depth that he cannot get out of. Therefore, Lending money in order to earn interest should only be under the control of the state. For this reason, lending money with interest without the government's permission constitutes usury crimes. Usury crime first came into force with the Law on Loaning Loan Affairs Law No. 2279, which is regulated in 1933 and it was applied until the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 went into effect in 2005. Subsequently, the crime of usury, which is regulated in Article 241 of the Turkish Penal Code No. 5237, is means as lending to someone else in order to earn a profit. In this study, all aspects of usury crime in Article 241 of Turkih Penal Code have been examined and solutions have been tried to be put forward for controversial and problematic areas.

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