HERDEM advises companies operating in Türkiye, and foreign groups with Turkish subsidiaries, suppliers or customers, on building compliance programmes and on investigating concerns when they arise. As a full-service firm in Istanbul, we bring corporate, employment, and sanctions and export control expertise to the same matter, so one team can assess the facts, the exposure and the response.

How we help

• Designing and reviewing compliance programmes, policies and codes of conduct for Turkish operations
• Compliance risk assessments for subsidiaries, joint ventures and acquisition targets in Türkiye
• Internal investigations into alleged misconduct, including interviews, document review and reporting to boards
• Third-party and supplier due diligence, including sanctions and export control screening
• Voluntary self-disclosure under Türkiye’s dual-use export control framework
• Compliance training for in-house counsel and staff, including sessions on US export control rules (ITAR and EAR)
• Advising on remediation and on communication with authorities, auditors and counterparties

Questions clients bring to us

• An employee has reported a possible breach at our Turkish subsidiary. What should we do in the first 48 hours?
• Does our group compliance policy work under Turkish employment and data protection law?
• We may have shipped a controlled item without a licence. Should we disclose, and to whom?
• How do we screen Turkish suppliers for sanctions and export control risk?

Related industries

• Aerospace, Defense and Government Contracts
• Financial Institutions
• International Trade

Related analysis

• Detection to Defense: Building an Integrated Legal Framework for Anti-Bribery and AML Compliance
• Legal Privilege, MASAK, and Market Abuse: Cross-Jurisdictional Challenges in Türkiye
• Dual-Use Trade Between the European Union and Türkiye: The Rules, the Paper, and the Advantage
• Corruption Risks: What Turkish Companies Can Learn from International Enforcement Actions

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Simge Kılıç, Managing Partner, leads HERDEM’s compliance work. To discuss a matter, send us a message below or contact our Istanbul office.

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