The contractual relationship between attorney and the client is based on the principles of trust and loyalty.

Transparency International ("TI") has published its regional Corruption Barometer for Europe and Central Asia ("Report") on 16 November 2016.

In this episode we discuss: How to define a third party from a business and compliance perspective; A chain is as strong as its weakest link. Why third-party risk management is important for vendor...

Public employees who are pregnant, taking breastfeeding leave, disabled, over 60 years old (except managers), or those having a chronic disease, ...

So far, 2021 has seen less activity in terms of enforcement actions under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), compared to 2020.

In recent years foreign investors interested in Turkey often prefer to acquire enterprises rather than establishing new companies.

With the Communiqué (Serial No: 23) Amending the General Communiqué of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (Serial No: 5) prepared by the Ministry of Treasury and Finance and published in the Official Gazette …

Turkey has tightened the legal regime for open chequing accounts, along with criminal sanctions for issuing dud cheques. Dud cheques were regularly issued in bad faith under the prior legislative regime.

The political atmosphere in Turkey became tense due to corruption allegations against various cabinet members and their families.

The amendment made to Article 102 of the CCP, "Period of detention", limits detention periods in the investigation phase.

Recent amendments to Turkish Law No. 5651 "On the Regulation of Broadcasts via the Internet and Prevention of Crimes Committed through Such Broadcasts" have widened the scope of Law No. 5651 to cover social network providers.

On 25 December 2025, the Law Amending the Turkish Penal Code, Certain Laws, and Decree Law No. 631 was published in the Official Gazette, introducing Article 128/A to the Criminal Procedure Code and establishing a new regulation concerning banks, payment service providers, and Crypto Asset Service Providers.

A security sticker called banderole affixed to a work denotes its authenticity and serves as a deterrent to counterfeiters and required for commercial exploitation of some works.

Turkey's Court of Appeal recently rendered an explanatory decision regarding the situations in which online game characters, items, and virtual money are displaced through wrongful acts or become inaccessible to the user.

As per the Law, criminals sentenced to imprisonment for three years or less due to intentional crimes will directly fulfill their penalties in open penal institutions.

On 4 November 2024, the National Agency of Ukraine for Finding, Tracing and Management of Assets Derived from Corruption and other Crimes (ARMA) announced the anticipated enhancement of the Unified

The first step has been taken towards the judicial reform, which has become a hot topic recently.

The Constitutional Court, upon the appeal of Trabzon 2nd Criminal Court of First Instance, took into consideration the institution of Deferment of the Announcement of the Verdict ...

Transparency International released the 2023 Corruption Perception Index ("2023 CPI") on January 30, 2024. Widely regarded as the key reference point in this field...

As a result of the increasing international focus on the fight against corruption, more and more countries are joining multinational treaties and introducing strict domestic anti-corruption regulations.