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FATF removes Turkey from grey list

FATF removes Turkey from grey list

Turkey has been a member of the FATF since 1991 but was placed on the grey list in 2021 due to concerns over the effectiveness of its AML and CFT measures.

İYİ Party Chair Akşener: In Turkey, money laundered by the state

İYİ Party Chair Akşener: In Turkey, money laundered by the state

İYİ Party Chair Meral Akşener says, “If there is wide-scale money laundering in your country, terrorist groups obtain funding from your country and you do not struggle against these problems, you are put on the grey list.”

27 October 2021

Finance watchdog FATF 'grey lists' Turkey, Turkey denounces the decision

Finance watchdog FATF 'grey lists' Turkey, Turkey denounces the decision

The Financial Action Task Force has downgraded Turkey to the grey list due to its shortcomings in preventing money laundering and terrorist financing. The Ministry of Treasury and Finance has criticized the decision in a statement.

22 October 2021

‘Measures to prevent terrorism financing abusively target civil society’

BRIEFING BY AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL

‘Measures to prevent terrorism financing abusively target civil society’

In a briefing, Amnesty International has shared its views on the Law No. 7262 on the Prevention of the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction.