The Financial Action Task Force published its mutual evaluation of Türkiye’s anti-money laundering, counterterrorist financing and counterproliferation financing framework, based on conditions during its November 2025 onsite visit. The report finds that Türkiye has strengthened financial intelligence, domestic coordination and international cooperation, but achieves only moderate effectiveness in eight of 11 assessed outcomes. Türkiye is compliant or largely compliant with 38 of the 40 FATF Recommendations, with the standards for nonprofit organizations and proliferation financing sanctions rated partially compliant. MASAK makes effective use of extensive data access to support investigations, while Türkiye has increased risk based supervision and pursued substantial numbers of money laundering and terrorist financing cases. However, financial institutions and virtual asset service providers still have weaknesses in politically exposed person controls, suspicious transaction reporting and terrorist financing risk detection. Supervision of lawyers and notaries is limited, beneficial ownership information requires more systematic verification, and enforcement does not consistently impose proportionate and dissuasive sanctions for serious or systemic breaches. FATF also called for greater focus on complex laundering linked to drug trafficking, smuggling and illegal betting, stronger recovery of assets held abroad, and broader detection of terrorist financing threats beyond formally designated organizations. Türkiye has received a three-year roadmap covering these and other deficiencies, including faster implementation of targeted financial sanctions and stronger proliferation financing controls. It has been placed in enhanced follow-up and will report to FATF on its progress.

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