Özet:

Public officials know a lot of information that belongs to the public administration and must be kept secret, while performing operations as part of their duties. This situation is a consequence of their duties and the position they are in. For this reason, the obligation of public officials to keep information that they have learned because of their duties should be kept secret. Conducts in contradiction to this obligation is punished in Article 258 of the Turkish Criminal Code No. of 5237. With public officials acting in accordance with the loyalty to the public administration, the reliability and operation of the public administration is guaranteed. In this study, the crime of disclosure of the secret related to public service will be treated together with the elements of the crime and the differences of this crime with similar crimes will be examined. In addition, the judicial decisions given in the Turkish Law and the regulations in the Italian Criminal Code and the doctrine in the Italian Law will be taken into account.

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