{"id":13114,"date":"2025-08-05T13:28:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&#038;p=13114"},"modified":"2025-08-05T13:28:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T13:28:59","slug":"turkey-fights-a-digital-front-in-its-addiction-warbut-online-gambling-remains-the-blind-spot","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-fights-a-digital-front-in-its-addiction-warbut-online-gambling-remains-the-blind-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey fights a digital front in its addiction war\u2014but online gambling remains the blind spot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Turkey ramps up its nationwide campaign against addiction, officials are acknowledging a troubling gap in its strategy: online gambling. At the recent annual meeting of the <strong>High Council for Combatting Addiction<\/strong>, Vice President <strong>Cevdet Y\u0131lmaz<\/strong> praised institutional progress but admitted that illegal online betting has eluded effective oversight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The meeting, held at the <strong>Presidential Complex in Ankara<\/strong>, reviewed the country\u2019s implementation of 91 directives issued in 2019 to combat substance abuse and behavioral addiction. According to the Ministry of Interior and health organization <strong>Ye\u015filay (Green Crescent)<\/strong>, 88 of those recommendations have now been fulfilled. These include expanded tobacco cessation clinics, classroom-based drug education, customs surveillance, and smartphone safety initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mundovideo.com.co\/landing\/multigame-link\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9622\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/08\/multigame-diamod-III-700-eng-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the tone shifted when Y\u0131lmaz addressed gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve made strong headway in combating substance addiction. But our fight against gambling\u2014particularly digital gambling\u2014is far from sufficient,\u201d he said. \u201cIt remains a blind spot in our national addiction strategy.\u201d The Vice President cited the <strong>rapid rise of offshore betting platforms<\/strong> and the <strong>lack of real-time surveillance tools<\/strong> as key vulnerabilities. He likened the online gambling ecosystem to \u201corganized digital crime,\u201d drawing comparisons to narcotics trafficking in its cross-border nature and speed of proliferation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkish-government-and-the-hard-hand-to-control-the-online-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>Turkish government and the hard hand to control the online industry<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Turkey officially prohibits all forms of online gambling outside the state-sanctioned lottery. However, experts say <strong>millions of Turkish users still access offshore platforms<\/strong> through virtual private networks (VPNs) and illegal payment channels. The government\u2019s enforcement response, though active, has focused more on shutting down domestic servers than tracking offshore financial flows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/asia\/turkey-revokes-10-fintech-licenses-over-illegal-gambling-transactions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Turkey Revokes 10 Fintech Licenses Over Illegal Gambling Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Turkey\u2019s health ministry has made strides in school-based prevention\u2014launching support lines like <strong>ALO 171<\/strong> and specialized clinics for digital overuse\u2014the regulation of online gambling remains largely unaddressed in legislation. Y\u0131lmaz urged a coordinated interagency task force that combines cybersecurity, telecom regulation, financial intelligence, and digital advertising control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"line-height1 has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf we don\u2019t escalate our response to match the complexity of the threat, we risk losing this battle in the digital arena,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As countries like Brazil and the Philippines implement licensing models and data-led enforcement, Turkey now faces a choice: escalate enforcement or modernize its regulatory framework. For now, <strong>gambling remains Turkey\u2019s most under-regulated addiction risk\u2014despite being one of its fastest growing<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the recent annual meeting of the High Council for Combatting Addiction, Vice President Cevdet Y\u0131lmaz praised institutional progress but admitted that illegal online betting has eluded effective oversight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13115,"menu_order":74,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[1488,3184,3218,4919],"class_list":["post-13114","europe","type-europe","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","tag-ban","tag-europe","tag-illegal-gambling-turkey","tag-turkey","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - 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