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ELIG Gürkaynak Attorneys-at-Law, acting as outside counsel for Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., has secured an affirmative decision from the Turkish Constitutional Court in the matter of an universal access ban on the Wikipedia website in Turkey.

The Regulation on the Processing of Personal Data and the Protection of Privacy in the Electronic Communications Sector was published in the Official Gazette dated 4.12.2020 with no. 31324.

By means and tools of the global information age, terrorist organizations are broadening their reach in gathering financial resources to fund their operations.

Turkey has taken a series of new measures involving companies and public institutions in the wake of the State of Emergency declared on 21 July 2016.

FCIB defines "politically exposed persons" among the high-risk groups that should be subject to strict measures.

The Ministry of Treasury and Finance's Communiqué (Serial No: 31), amending the General Communiqué of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (Serial No: 5) ("Communiqué"), has been published in the Official Gazette on 7 January 2026 and, ...

Suç Gelirlerinin Aklanması ve Terörün Finansmanının Engellenmesine Dair Tedbirler Hakkında Yönetmelikte Değişiklik Yapılmasına Dair Yönetmelik ("Değişiklik Yönetmeliği")...

The Application of Domestic Legal Standards in Citizenship Cases before Turkish Administrative Courts must be carefully observed by foreign entrepreneurs.

The global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog, The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has recently published the "Turkey Follow-Up Report ("FUR")" for 2023, offering a thorough examination...

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

The Law Proposal on Preventing the Proliferation of Financing Weapons of Mass Destruction ("Proposal ") which provides several and significant amendments to the Law No. 5549...

NATO's Ankara summit navigated heightened transatlantic tensions as European allies sought to demonstrate unity and progress on defense spending while managing unpredictable American leadership under the Trump administration's "NATO 3.0" vision. The gathering highlighted both the alliance's resilience and the growing challenges of maintaining cohesion amid diverging strategic priorities, with significant implications for European defense planning and industrial cooperation.

In the field of defense industry, a new system of governance has been established through the Law#3238 ratified in 1985.

Denizcilik Genel Müdürlüğü, Azak Denizi limanları ile Ukrayna ve Rusya Federasyonu'nun Karadeniz limanlarına uğrayacak ve bu limanların açıklarında seyir yapacak Türk bayraklı gemilerin ISPS Kod Güvenlik Seviyesi'nin 2'den 3'e çıkarıldığını bildirdi.

The Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") has placed Turkey onto its list of countries subject to increased monitoring, the so-called "grey list". Turkey was added alongside 22 other jurisdictions, for strategic deficiencies in its regime to counter money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing.

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.

As NATO transitions to European operational leadership under "NATO 3.0," the United States is increasingly viewing Türkiye as a potential regional leader due to its robust defense industrial base and military capabilities. However, this shift faces significant obstacles from European allies wary of Türkiye's independent foreign policy and strategic hedging with Russia. Can the EU overcome longstanding disputes with Türkiye over Cyprus and Greece to forge a new defense partnership, or will div