Capital Markets Board of Türkiye starts Cyber World and Financial Footprints for Youth financial literacy training

The Capital Markets Board of Türkiye launched a new financial literacy initiative by starting an education programme titled “Cyber World and Financial Footprints for Youth”, with the first session delivered by Board executives to girls supported by the Koruncuk Foundation. The programme combines core financial literacy concepts with cyber-focused content, describing financial literacy as the awareness, knowledge, attitudes and behaviours needed to make sound financial decisions and improve financial wellbeing. It outlined traits associated with financially literate individuals, including financial self-confidence, thinking before purchasing, investing for the future, setting realistic goals in financial planning, borrowing prudently with attention to maturity matching, and knowing consumer rights. Youth-specific modules use tailored materials and real case examples to address precautions and warnings against fraud, digital scams and other financial risks in the online environment, as well as ways to manage financial traces securely and protect personal data. The Board also referenced financial literacy projects implemented over the past year, including cooperation protocols with ministries, public bodies and civil society organisations, and the designation of 22 May as “Financial Literacy Day” under a presidential circular signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.