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In this article, we review the developments in 2019 about anti-corruption and compliance matters concerning Turkey from both national and international perspectives.

In this article, we review the developments in 2019 about anti-corruption and compliance matters concerning Turkey from both national and international perspectives.

With the proliferation of official investigations into international bribery allegations in recent years, as well as the huge fines imposed as a consequence of such investigations, much of the attention of the compliance community has lately been focused on anti-bribery efforts.

The landscape of obtaining Turkish citizenship through investment has recently undergone significant modifications, heralding a new era of enhanced due diligence and commitment requirements ...

B20 Cross-Thematic Working Group on RBC and Anti-Corruption published the B20 Responsible Business Conduct & Anti-Corruption Policy Paper Promoting Integrity by Creating Opportunities for Responsible Businesses ("Policy Paper").

Recently along with the developments in technology, we have been observing innovative and practical solutions as alternative to banks which carry out money transfers and payment transactions between people.

Turkey's Ministry of Finance has amended various aspects of the legal framework regarding money laundering, terror financing and financial crimes investigation.

Spanning Asia and Europe and bordered by eight countries, Turkey is located in a strategically important location and has a diverse cultural heritage.

The Capital Markets Board adopted the Communiqué on Market Abuse in order to determine the acts and transactions that result in the distortion of the reliability, transparency, and stability of stock markets and other organized markets.

Occupational fraud rarely remains a purely financial issue. It can quickly become a board-level governance concern, create regulatory exposure and trigger a reputational crisis. The risks are particularly acute where misconduct involves senior employees, third-party intermediaries, public-sector touchpoints or collusion that enables perpetrators to bypass standard controls.

Financial crime or economic crime is usually committed without using violence in the course of a perpetrator's professional activities and affects the economic system and order of the country where the crime is committed.

These are the questions that prosecutors are instructed to ask when they evaluate and assess how comprehensive, responsive, and effective a compliance program is during a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act...

When the Turkish Data Protection Act entered in force back in 2016, it provided a two-year period for data controllers to bring their data protection policies in conformity with the new law.

In 2025, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ("OECD") released a new report titled "Governments' assessments of corporate anti-corruption compliance...

Overall, this was a less active year in terms of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA") enforcement actions, at least when compared to 2016. In 2017, the Department of Justice ("DOJ") took a total of 9 enforcement actions and the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") took a total of 7 enforcement actions.

Transparency International published its 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index ("CPI") on January 28.

Law No. 7589 changes rules on enforcement, statutory interest, criminal procedure, compensation and civil proceedings in Turkey.

As of the writing date of this article, both public prosecutors and police forces have returned to the usual order, and investigation and trial proceedings currently function as per the regular array.