Türkiye — Country Risk Report

Türkiye (Middle East • Western Asia). Risk report as of the 19 Jun 2026 FATF plenary.

Moderate country risk, with elevated corruption risk. Türkiye's country risk score is 4.3/10, placing it in the moderate-risk band. The principal driver is weak corruption, alongside voice and accountability risk. Türkiye is not currently FATF grey- or black-listed. Türkiye is not subject to comprehensive country-wide sanctions. Firms should apply additional scrutiny where exposure involves state-linked entities, restricted sectors, sensitive technology, dual-use goods or politically exposed counterparties.

Recommended treatment

Standard due diligence, with enhanced checks for defined risk triggers.

At a glance

  • FATF status: Not currently listed (one indicator only; it does not set the overall country risk rating by itself)
  • Comprehensive country sanctions: none identified. Targeted sanctions exposure: possible, screen applicable persons, entities and sectors
  • Government effectiveness and rule of law: 5.6/10
  • Corruption (CPI 2025): 31/100, rank #124 of 182
  • Enforcement: 2,226 actions from 1 regulator

Country Risk Score: 4.3/10 (Moderate)

Higher score means higher country risk (global average 4.6). Full information available. Some evidence is older. Enforcement activity and CPI are shown for context but do not change the score.

All three parts of the score are available.

How this score was calculated

  • Financial crime controls: 5.3/10 — 50% of this score
  • Government effectiveness and rule of law: 5.6/10 — 30% of this score
  • International sanctions: 0.0/10 — 20% of this score
  • The FATF assessment is more than five years old.

International sanctions contributes 0.0 because the complete UN, UK, EU and US review found no direct country-level sanctions programme. People or organisations connected to the country may still appear on sanctions lists.

Show the exact calculation

aml 5.3 × 50% + governance 5.6 × 30% + sanctions 0 × 20% = 4.3; final 4.3

Principal risk drivers

  • Corruption (WGI) — 6.4/10
  • Voice & accountability — 6.2/10
  • Rule of law & institutions — 5.2/10
  • Political stability — 5.1/10

Mitigating factors

  • Not currently on the FATF grey or black list.
  • No comprehensive country-wide sanctions programme.
  • Risk is concentrated in specific counterparties, sectors and transactions rather than applying uniformly.

Business impact

  • Customer onboarding (Medium): Additional ownership and control verification may be required.
  • Payments and transactions (Medium): Review transaction purpose, counterparties and geographic routing.
  • Trade and export activity (Medium): Screen goods, end users and potential dual-use exposure.
  • Corporate clients (Medium): Assess state ownership, government links and political exposure.
  • Ongoing monitoring (Medium): Apply alerts for ownership changes, sanctions and geopolitical developments.

Recommended controls

  • Verify ultimate beneficial ownership using more than one reliable source.
  • Identify state ownership, government influence and politically exposed persons.
  • Screen entities, directors and beneficial owners against applicable sanctions lists.
  • Apply enhanced review to technology, defence, telecommunications, financial services and dual-use activity.
  • Document transaction purpose and source of funds where cross-border structures are complex.
  • Escalate unresolved ownership opacity or adverse information to Compliance.

Enhanced due diligence triggers

  • State ownership / control
  • PEP involvement
  • Sensitive / restricted sectors
  • Opaque ownership
  • Adverse media
  • Dual-use goods & technology
  • High-risk intermediary routing

FATF status: Not currently listed

Türkiye is not on the FATF grey or black list as of the 19 Jun 2026 plenary.

Source details

International sanctions by issuing body

  • UN: No
  • EU: No
  • UK: No
  • US: No

No means the complete UN, UK, EU and US review found no direct country-level programme. People or organisations may still appear on sanctions lists.

Government effectiveness and rule of law (World Bank 2024, percentile)

  • Government Effectiveness: 50/100
  • Regulatory Quality: 52/100
  • Rule of Law: 42/100

Enforcement activity

RegActions tracks 2,226 enforcement actions from 1 regulator in Türkiye.

The composite RegActions Country Risk Score does not use enforcement volume.

Regulators and legal framework

FATF network

FATF member.

Last mutual evaluation: 2019 · report

National regulators

FIU: Egmont Group member (MASAK)

Framework signals

  • FATF listing: Not currently listed
  • International sanctions: no listed programme identified
  • BO register: Restricted (live since 2021)
  • Corruption (CPI 2025): 31/100, rank #124 of 182
  • Rule of law (WGI): 5.2/10 risk

Sector exposure

  • Banking & payments (Low): No FATF listing, rule-of-law governance within normal range
  • Trade & export controls (Low): No sanctions programme or FATF black-list constraint identified
  • Crypto & virtual assets (Elevated): Weak accountability governance (WGI 6.2/10 risk)
  • Real estate & luxury assets (Elevated): Elevated corruption exposure (CPI 31/100)
  • State-linked & procurement (Elevated): State-capture exposure (corruption WGI 6.4/10)

Derived from sanctions tier, FATF listing, World Bank WGI governance and CPI; no per-sector dataset is asserted.

Türkiye: analysis

Turkiye's profile is driven entirely by its governance indicators. Corruption (elevated) and voice and accountability (elevated) are the weakest dimensions. Rule of law (elevated) and political stability (moderate) are elevated but represent relative strengths within the profile. The CPI reading signals a meaningful corruption environment. Turkiye sits below the global median on the World Bank governance indicators. No enforcement actions are tracked in the available data. The absence of any FATF or sanctions overlay means the elevated risk reflects underlying institutional quality rather than any regulatory designation.

Outlook

Turkiye's risk profile will be shaped by the trajectory of rule-of-law and judicial independence reforms, progress on anti-corruption enforcement, and developments in the political environment affecting press and civil freedoms. Any future FATF engagement or listing decision would materially raise scrutiny. Firms should apply appropriate enhanced due diligence to complex or politically connected transactions.

Key watchpoints

  • Corruption trends and anti-corruption enforcement capacity, including judicial independence.
  • Voice and accountability developments, including press freedom and political pluralism.
  • Any FATF assessment outcomes or changes to listing status.
  • Regulatory developments affecting the Turkish financial sector and AML/CFT supervision.

Assessment currency

  • FATF status: Not listed (as of 19 Jun 2026)
  • Sanctions exposure: None identified (as of Jul 2026)
  • Governance (WGI): Latest dataset incorporated (as of 2024)
  • Corruption (CPI): 31/100 (as of 2025)
  • RegActions assessment: Reviewed (as of 19 Jun 2026)

Public evidence layer

FATF action: none. No FATF call-for-action or increased-monitoring status was identified at the latest plenary. This does not establish low risk.

Contextual signals (not scored)

  • FATF network membership: Direct FATF member (present, as of 2026-07)
  • EU non-cooperative tax jurisdictions: Not listed in Annex I (absent, as of 2026-02-17)
  • Egmont Group FIU: MASAK (present, as of 2026-07-17)
  • Beneficial-ownership register: Restricted (live since 2021) (present, as of 2026-07-17)
  • Transparency International CPI: 31/100, rank 124 (present, as of 2025)

Evidence freshness

  • FATF monitored-jurisdiction status: current; data 2026-06-19
  • FATF mutual evaluation and follow-up ratings: current; data 2026-07-31; follow-up 2023-07; base assessment 2019-12
  • World Bank governance indicators: current; data 2024
  • UN, UK, EU and US sanctions regimes: current; data 2026-08-13

Contextual signals are public evidence only and do not change the immutable v2 score.

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Regional peer scores

FAQ

Is Türkiye on the FATF grey list?

No. Türkiye is not on the FATF grey or black list as of the 19 Jun 2026 plenary. FATF listing is one AML indicator; absence from the list does not by itself make Türkiye low risk. The next FATF plenary review is scheduled for Oct 2026.

Is Türkiye subject to sanctions?

No country-level programme was identified. In the approved RegActions snapshot, no comprehensive or targeted country-wide sanctions programme was found for Türkiye, but individual listed persons may still exist, so firms should continue to screen counterparties against the applicable lists.

What is Türkiye's country risk rating?

RegActions rates Türkiye at 4.3/10 (Moderate risk), where a higher score means higher country risk. The score combines financial crime controls, government effectiveness and rule of law, and international sanctions. Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index scores Türkiye 31/100 (rank #124 of 182).

What due diligence applies to Türkiye?

Standard due diligence, with enhanced checks for defined risk triggers. This is decision-support based on Türkiye's FATF status, governance and sanctions signals, and is not a substitute for a firm's own risk assessment.

How much enforcement activity is tracked for Türkiye?

RegActions tracks 2,226 enforcement actions from 1 regulator in Türkiye. Enforcement volume measures regulator activity, not country risk, so it is shown as evidence but never fed into the RegActions Country Risk Score.

Source: FATF black & grey lists · World Bank WGI (CC BY 4.0 — World Bank WGI) · TI CPI (CC BY-ND 4.0 — Transparency International, display only)