Turkey offers a large domestic market, a strategic location, and a business environment that remains attractive for both local and international investors. At the same time, doing business in Turkey requires more than company registration and tax setup. Turkish corporate compliance is spread across multiple areas of law, including trade registry practice, personal data protection, […]
Environmental, social, and governance issues are no longer peripheral concerns for companies operating in Turkey. What was once treated as a voluntary corporate social responsibility narrative has become a legal, reporting, financing, and supply-chain issue with real boardroom consequences. In 2026, the Turkish ESG landscape is being shaped by several converging forces: mandatory sustainability reporting […]
Turkey remains one of the most commercially important jurisdictions for international businesses seeking regional reach, manufacturing capacity, consumer demand, and access to multiple trade corridors. Yet market entry in Turkey is not simply a matter of company registration. For foreign investors and cross-border groups, the real challenge begins after incorporation: building a compliance structure that […]
Internal investigations in Turkey are no longer limited to banks, listed issuers, or multinational groups. In practice, any company operating in Türkiye may need to investigate allegations of fraud, bribery, data misuse, harassment, competition-law violations, AML red flags, accounting irregularities, unauthorized foreign employment, or document tampering. Turkish law does not provide one single, stand-alone “internal […]
Compliance training and employee awareness programs in Turkey are no longer optional management tools used only by large listed companies or heavily regulated financial institutions. In practice, Turkish law increasingly expects companies to translate legal obligations into employee behavior, management oversight, and documented internal processes. This expectation does not arise from one single omnibus compliance-training […]
A Practical Legal Guide for Companies Learn how to conduct a compliance risk assessment in Turkey, including board oversight, AML, KVKK, competition, tax, internal controls, residual risk scoring, and remediation planning. Introduction Conducting a compliance risk assessment in Turkey is no longer a formal exercise reserved for large listed companies or heavily regulated financial institutions. […]
Board responsibilities in corporate compliance under Turkish law have become one of the most important issues for shareholders, founders, foreign investors, listed companies, and regulated businesses operating in Türkiye. In practice, Turkish compliance is not built around a single “corporate compliance act.” Instead, it is shaped by the Turkish Commercial Code, capital markets regulation, AML […]
Turkey’s startup market has matured quickly, and that growth has made compliance a much bigger issue than it was a few years ago. A 2025 startup ecosystem report published on the Investment Office’s website describes a fifteen-year structural transformation, notes strong policy-driven growth, and highlights the expansion of venture capital investment funds and corporate venture […]
Product safety and consumer protection compliance in Turkey are no longer side issues handled only after a complaint or a recall. They are core legal and operational matters for manufacturers, importers, distributors, e-commerce platforms, marketplaces, retailers, advertisers, and foreign brands entering the Turkish market. Turkey’s official legal framework is built mainly on two pillars: Law […]
Import, export, and customs compliance in Turkey are not limited to filing a customs declaration and paying duties. In practice, Turkish customs compliance is a layered legal and operational system built around tariff classification, customs valuation, origin rules, import taxes, product-safety controls, export formalities, strategic-trade controls, transit procedures, and special customs regimes such as inward […]