{"id":16203,"date":"2026-05-07T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?post_type=europe&#038;p=16203"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:45:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T12:45:23","slug":"turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks","status":"publish","type":"europe","link":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.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>Market intelligence data released in May 2026 shows Turkish interest in betting brands climbed from 55.07 million interactions in August 2025 to 93.26 million in April 2026, peaking at 96.23 million in January, highlighting the growing scale of online betting demand despite ongoing enforcement measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks2.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks2-768x432.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The regulated sector remains controlled by the <strong>Milli Piyango \u0130daresi<\/strong>, operating under the <strong>Ministry of Treasury and Finance of Turkey<\/strong> led by Finance Minister <strong>Mehmet \u015eim\u015fek<\/strong>. The authority, chaired by <strong>Ekrem Candan<\/strong>, blocked approximately 233,000 illegal gambling websites during 2024 as Ankara expanded digital monitoring and payment surveillance operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey\u2019s gambling framework is primarily governed by <strong>Law No. 7258 on the Regulation of Betting and Chance Games in Football and Other Sports Competitions<\/strong>, which authorizes regulated sports betting while criminalizing unauthorized gambling operations, advertising and intermediary services. Additional restrictions stem from <strong>Turkish Penal Code No. 5237 Article 228<\/strong>, which prohibits unauthorized casino activity, including online gambling services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"643\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16204\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks3.jpg 643w, https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks3-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 643px) 100vw, 643px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ekrem Candan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Website blocking and digital restrictions are enforced through <strong>Law No. 5651<\/strong>, allowing the <strong>Information and Communication Technologies Authority<\/strong> to restrict access to offshore betting domains and illegal gambling-related digital content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities are also intensifying AML enforcement through MASAK, Turkey\u2019s financial intelligence unit, targeting digital wallets, electronic payment processors, bank accounts and cryptocurrency channels allegedly linked to illegal betting networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The Turkish strategy now centers on strengthening legal ecosystems surrounding IDDAA, Spor Toto and Milli Piyango while increasing financial traceability, asset freezes and transaction monitoring to move betting activity back into licensed channels that generate tax revenue and operate under state supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16206,"menu_order":0,"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":[1],"tags":[1488,57,3184,11,102,585,105,1218,4919],"class_list":{"0":"post-16203","1":"europe","2":"type-europe","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sin-categoria","8":"tag-ban","9":"tag-casinos","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-illegal-gambling","12":"tag-online-betting","13":"tag-online-gambling","14":"tag-sports-betting","15":"tag-tax","16":"tag-turkey","17":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"732\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"439\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/\",\"name\":\"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-07T13:30:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png\",\"width\":732,\"height\":439},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Portada\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Europe News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World\",\"description\":\"Gambling news\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","description":"Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","og_description":"Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/","og_site_name":"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","og_image":[{"width":732,"height":439,"url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/","name":"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks - Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png","datePublished":"2026-05-07T13:30:00+00:00","description":"Turkey is expanding its financial and digital controls against illegal gambling as betting demand continues rising across the country, reinforcing a strategy focused on redirecting players toward state-regulated gaming channels and cutting offshore operators from the local payment ecosystem.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks.png","width":732,"height":439},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/turkey-targets-illegal-betting-payment-networks\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Portada","item":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Europe News","item":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/europe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Turkey targets illegal betting payment networks"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/","name":"Mundo Video Entertainment | Casino News in Latin America and the World","description":"Gambling news","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe\/16203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/europe"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe\/16203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16207,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/europe\/16203\/revisions\/16207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mundovideo.com.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}