Chemical castration for those convicted of sex offenses, officially described as "medical treatment," was introduced in a new law officially enacted on Tuesday. The regulation, which clarifies obscure laws for castration, rules out parole for those offenders who refuse to join the program.Chemical castration was introduced last year amid heated debate as to whether it would be effective for repeat sex offenders, as well as whether it represented a violation of human rights. A carefully worded law avoided the word castration, but the regulation published in the Official Gazette says that "medical treatment" can be used to either decrease offenders' sexual desires or to completely eliminate them. The "treatment" to which the regulation refers includes "outpatient and inpatient treatment and treatment with or without medication (psychiatric therapy)."This legislation will apply to all sexual offenders except those who are underage; local hospitals will decide as to whether an offender should be treated; and once every six months, a medical assessment will be made as to whether the "treatment" of convicts is effective. Depending on court rulings, after their release, convicted sex offenders may be banned from their prior place of residence and work. Judges may order a restraining order concerning areas where victims reside and ban convicted sex offenders from working or living with children. Offenders who refuse to comply with treatment will not be eligible for parole.Sex offenses have recently been under the spotlight following last year's brutal murder of a young woman in the southern city of Mersin. Following the grisly murder of Özgecan Aslan, who resisted an attempted rape by a minibus driver and his father, with the subsequent mutilation of her body, an outraged public took to the streets calling for sex offenders to receive either the death penalty or chemical castration.