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Turkey financial regulatory reforms

Overview

In late July 2026 Turkey moved to tighten oversight of high‑risk financial activity while easing the burden on compliant taxpayers. The Revenue Administration cut the tax guarantee for accurate filers to one‑fifth of the standard amount and raised the guarantee for those under audit to five times the norm, giving auditors a 30‑day compliance window.

On the same day the Justice Ministry issued the 12th Judicial Package, amending Article 158 of the Penal Code to halve prison terms for individuals whose only role in fraud was providing bank‑account, IBAN, credit‑card or crypto‑wallet details, provided they repay victims within six months. A police raid in Istanbul’s Fatih district seized 219,000 lira, disrupted a cryptocurrency‑linked fraud network and detained seven suspects, including the alleged leader Uğur D. and three aides, affecting roughly 25 victims and an estimated daily illicit profit of about $25,000.

Two days later the Turkish Parliament approved Law No. 7589, enacting the Judicial Package immediately. The law also seeks to speed court proceedings by limiting intervals between hearings to three months, revising postponement rules, and imposing sanctions on judges or prosecutors who request unnecessary expert testimony. Cases decided under the previous penalty regime will be sent back to first‑instance courts for review, and the “effective remorse” mechanism is expanded to further reduce sentences when victims are fully compensated within six months.

Entities

Orhan D. · IBAN · Uğur D. · Ministry of Treasury and Finance (Hazine ve Maliye Bakanlığı) · Ali G.

Timeline

  1. 12 days ago

    [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Turkey Enacts Judicial Package Reducing Penalties for IBAN Misuse

    Turkey's new Judicial Package halves penalties for IBAN‑related fraud, revises court timing rules, and expands remorse provisions, while excluding a general amnesty.

  2. 14 days ago

    [POLITICS] 5 sources
    Turkey Reduces Penalties for IBAN Fraud Victims in New Judicial Package

    Turkey halves penalties for those who only gave IBAN details in fraud cases, while police seize 219 k lira and arrest seven suspects in a related crypto‑laundering network.

  3. 14 days ago

    [POLITICS] 7 sources
    Turkey tightens tax deposits for risky taxpayers, eases them for compliant filers

    Turkey's tax authority lowers guarantees for compliant filers to one‑fifth of the standard amount, while requiring five‑fold guarantees from taxpayers under fake‑document investigations, with a 30‑day payment‑i

Sources

avrupagazete.co.uk · benguturk.com · cumhuriyet.com.tr · gazetedamga.com.tr · gazeteport.com.tr · halktv.com.tr · isca.org.sg · isinolsa.com · karar.com · m.sabah.com.tr · milligazete.com.tr · otomobil.haber7.com · ropeahead.com · sesgazetesi.com.tr · tgrthaber.com.tr

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