Legal AlertCrypto Asset Service Providers Are Specified Among the “Obliged Parties” Within the Frame of the Measures Regarding Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism.

3 May 2021

The Regulation on the Amendment of the Regulation on Measures Regarding Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism (“Amending Regulation”) entered into force through the Presidential Decision dated 30.04.2021 and numbered 3941 published in the Official Gazette dated 01.05.2021 and numbered 31471. Within the frame of the Amending Regulation, the crypto asset service providers as well as the savings finance companies are specified among the “Obliged Parties” stated under the Regulation on Measures Regarding Prevention of Laundering Proceeds of Crime and Financing of Terrorism.

You may reach the full Turkish version of the Amending Regulation via the link below:

https://www.resmigazete.gov.tr/eskiler/2021/05/20210501-5.pdf