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The Turkish political scene has been turbulent since the summer of 2013. Significant numbers of people participated in street protests against the government.

The offering of certain financial products and services is a licensed activity in Turkey.

Transparency International, a non-governmental organization combatting corruption worldwide, released the 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index ("CPI") on January 25, 2021.

The end results and expert opinions are evaluated by Transparency International for the purpose of composing the Index.

On February 18th, 2016 Turkey finally ratified the Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime and on the Financing of Terrorism Agreement.

2020 Corruption Perception Index ("CPI 2020"), Transparency International's annual report reflecting the perception of corruption in public sector among 180 countries/territories...

Turkey has now adopted the Council of Europe Convention on the Counterfeiting of Medical Products and Similar Crimes Involving Threats to Public Health ("Convention") into local legislation (more).

Presidential Circular numbered 2021/16 announcing a Strategy Document on combating money laundering, terrorism financing, and enhanced confiscation practices was published in Official Gazette dated 17 July 2021, numbered 31544.

With the Amendment Regulation, remote identification method can now be used to verify the identity of legal entities registered in the trade registry as well as natural persons.

On April 30th, 2016, the Turkish Prime Ministry published on the Official Gazette, the Circular No. 2016/10 on Increasing Transparency and Strengthening the Fight against Corruption.

Several amendments have been made to Tax Procedural Law No. 213 with Law No. 7318 on Certain Amendments to the Tax Procedural Law and to Certain Laws, which was published in the Official Gazette dated 30 April 2021.

Turkey's Ministry of Finance has announced details for the process whereby taxpayers can provide a written explanation, seeking to potentially avoid audit or referral in the context of suspected tax evasion.

Whether motivated by ethical reasons, the deterrent effect of fines and other sanctions, or both, an increasing number of companies coordinate compliance with anti-corruption regulations in conjunction with compliance with competition laws when establishing their corporate governance policy framework.

The term corruption is often defined as the abuse of entrusted power for private gain. Corruption does not only kill public trust, but also prevents countries from unleashing their potential.

Turkey's Ministry of Finance ("Ministry") has amended secondary legislation to reflect recent changes to reporting requirements for suspicious transactions.

The Task Force is an inter-governmental body and Turkey has been a member since 1991.

One of the problems a company may face during an internal investigation is the lack of compliance by its employees with the document retention notices.