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Memorandum of Understanding Between the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Financial Crimes Investigation Board of the Republic of Turkey and Financial Information Analyzing Unit Concerning Cooperation in the Exchange of Financial Intelligence Related to Money Laundering, Associated Predicate Offences […]

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Ministry of Treasury and Finance, Financial Crimes Investigation Board of the Republic of Turkey and Central Bank of Libya, Libyan Financial Information Unit Concerning Cooperation in The Exchange of Financial Intelligence Related to Money […]

Presidential Circular numbered 2021/16 (the “Circular”) announcing a Strategy Document on combating money laundering, terrorism financing, and enhanced confiscation practices (the “Strategy Document”) was published in Official Gazette dated 17 July 2021, numbered 31544. According to the Circular, the […]

1 Legal Framework for Offences 1.1 International Conventions The following list includes the international conventions related to bribery and corruption to which Turkey is a signatory, or that are ratified by Turkey: the United Nations Convention against Corruption; the […]

1. Overview of the Whistleblowing Landscape Internal investigations, whistleblowing and external monitoring are the three key pillars in preventing and combating corruption and enabling better governance and performance both on a state and company level. An important place is […]

 1. What is the legal framework (legislation/regulations) governing bribery and corruption in your jurisdiction? In Turkey, the main legislation governing bribery and corruption is the Turkish Criminal Code No 5237 (“TCC”). Bribery is criminalized under Article 252 of the […]

1. LEGISLATION | NOTABLE CASE LAW 1.1. List any specific whistleblowing legislation No specific whistleblowing legislation exists in Turkey. However, certain provisions in various laws and sub-legislation applies to whistleblowing including those listed below in 1.3.  European Union’s adoption […]

INTRODUCTION Turkey’s first legislation addressing personal data protection was enacted on April 4th, 2016. Turkish Data Protection Law numbered 6698 (“DP Law”) outlines a similar framework to the European Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC and the secondary legislation in the […]

The Regulation on Amendment of Regulation on the Measures for Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime and Terrorist Financing, effective as of 1 May 2021 (the “Amendment Regulation”), was published in Official Gazette numbered 31471 of even date.  The […]

The Law on the Prevention of Financing the Propagation of Weapons of Mass Destruction number 7262, Canon 20, et. seq., and the Law on Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime number 5549 (“Law 5549”) have been amended to cover, […]