Türkiye - OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

Monitoring and evaluation

‌Türkiye's Phase 4 Monitoring Report

2024: This report evaluates and makes recommendations on Türkiye’s implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions and the 2021 Recommendation of the Council for Further Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions. It was adopted by the OECD Working Group on Bribery on 13 June 2024.

The report is part of the OECD Working Group on Bribery’s fourth phase of monitoring, launched in 2016. Phase 4 looks at the evaluated country’s particular challenges and positive achievements. It also explores issues such as detection, enforcement, corporate liability and international co operation, as well as covering unresolved issues from prior reports.

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Türkiye's accession

26 July 2000
Deposit of instrument of ratification

24 September 2000
Entry into force of the Convention

11 January 2003
Entry into force of implementing legislation

Monitoring and peer review history

2024 Phase 4 report

2019 Additional follow-up to Phase 3 report

2018 Additional follow-up to Phase 3 report

2017 Follow-up to Phase 3 report

2014 Phase 3 report

2010 Follow-up on Phase 2 & Phase 2bis report

2009 Phase 2bis report

2007 Phase 2 report

2004 Phase 1 report

News releases

2024 Türkiye’s foreign bribery enforcement remains poor and needs urgent overhaul despite some legislative improvements

2022 Türkiye should immediately address long-standing key recommendations to fight foreign bribery

2021 Türkiye should urgently implement key reforms to boost fight against foreign bribery, including to preserve independence of investigations and prosecutions | in Turkish

2019 Türkiye's foreign bribery enforcement framework needs to be urgently strengthened and corporate liability legislation reformed

2014 Despite progress made and improved legal framework, OECD seriously concerned about Türkiye’s level of detection and investigation of foreign bribery

2010

2008 OECD questions Türkiye's implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention

The OECD Anti-Bribery Convention establishes standards to criminalise bribery of foreign public officials in international business transactions.

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OECD Working Group on Bribery

The OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions is responsible for monitoring the implementation and enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, the 2021 Recommendation and related instruments. The Working Group is made up of representatives from the States Parties to the Convention and meets regularly.

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Monitoring and evaluation

Monitoring of implementation and enforcement of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention takes places in successive phases through a rigorous peer-review monitoring system.

Description of each phase of evaluation