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ARTICLE · 15 FEBRUARY 2010

Insider Trading In Turkey

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The base of the stock market business relies on the law of supply and demand. The application of this law of supply and demand is based on the natural buy or sell behaviors of the investors.

TurkeyCorporate/Commercial Law
M. Volkan Dülger
M. Volkan Dülger

The base of the stock market business relies on the law of supply and demand. The application of this law of supply and demand is based on the natural buy or sell behaviors of the investors. In order to provide a natural buy or sell environment, none of the investors should have any access to the confidential information of the companies registered in stock market. Insider trading is the use of confidential information about a business gained through employment in a company or a stock brokerage, to buy and/or sell stocks and bonds based on the private knowledge and to provide benefit or prevent loss for oneself or for the third parties in this way.1

Insider trading had not been determined as a crime until the occurrence of certain events in the history. First attempts to overcome insider trading activities have been in England in 17th century. In 1696 the Board of Trade took some precautions over the stock transactions. However most effective actions taken on the

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