The licensing and regulation picture for Turkiye this cycle is defined by Presidential Circular No. 2025/18 (Official Gazette 33064, 1 November 2025), which designates the Digital Transformation Office, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, MASAK, BTK, SPK, BDDK, the Ministry of Trade and the Ministry of Youth and Sports as coordinating bodies for a 2025-2026 Action Plan against illegal online betting, games of chance and gambling. This is a coordinating instrument rather than a new licensing statute, and its durability is fragile: as executive policy it can be revoked or superseded by a successor administration rather than by legislative repeal. It nonetheless formalises and intensifies what was already a prohibition-based regulatory posture, binding nine separate state bodies into a single enforcement architecture. The underlying text of the circular was not directly retrieved this cycle; the claim rests on secondary law-firm citation of the Official Gazette entry.
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Türkiye · Question 02 of 11
Licensing and regulation: Can we get a licence?
Unfavourable · Confirmed · AI-generated · Back to full Türkiye report →
Key section parameters
| Jurisdiction | Türkiye (TR) |
|---|---|
| Regulator | Spor Toto Organisation (STBB) & National Lottery Administration (Milli Piyango İdaresi / MPİ) |
| Favourability | Unfavourable |
| Confidence | Confirmed |
| Review status | AI-generated |
| Last collected | 18 Oct 2026 |
Summary answer
The licensing and regulation picture for Turkiye this cycle is defined by Presidential Circular No. 2025/18 (Official Gazette 33064, 1 November 2025), which designates the Digital Transformation Office, Ministry of Interior, Ministry of Justice, MASAK, BTK, SPK, BDDK, the Ministry of Trade and the M…