The websites listed below provide useful facts about Turkey as well as contacts and tools for companies operating in Turkey:

• International Finance Corporation: Global SME Toolkit
  Guide to sustainable business management practices for SMEs.
• Business Fighting Corruption
  An online resource centre for business on collective action to avoid corruption which contains a guide and resources for partnerships with companies and other stakeholders to fight against corruption.
• CIA World Factbook: Turkey Profile
• The World Bank: Turkey Data Profile

Sources for further reading:

• Freedom House: Countries at the Crossroads 2011. 
• EU/OECD Assessment of Turkey 2011. 
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Turkey 2010.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Turkey 2010.
• Greco Evaluation Report 2010. 

OECD Anti-Bribery Convention Status: Deposit of Instrument of Ratification 26 July 2000. Entry into Force of the Convention 24 September 2000. Entry into Force of Implementing Legislation 11 January 2003.

This field describes the country's status on the OECD Convention on Bribery of Foreign Officials in International Business Transactions. Please note any declarations and reservations made upon ratification. View the list of signatories to the OECD Convention. Read more about the OECD Convention.

UNCAC Status: Signed 10 December 2003. Ratified 9 November 2006.

This field describes the country's status on the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Please note any declarations and reservations made upon ratification. The list of signatories can be found on the UNODC website. Read more about the UNCAC.

Other Relevant Conventions or Treaties:

• Council of Europe Criminal Law Convention on Corruption. Signed 27 September 2001. Ratified 29 March 2004.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption. Signed 27 September 2001. Ratified 17 September 2003.
  Read Transparency International's summary and assessment of the convention.
• United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Signed 13 December 2000. Ratified 25 March 2003.
• Member of the Council of Europe Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) since 1 January 2004.

Transparency CPI: 2011: 61/182 (Score: 4.2)

Transparency CPI
This field consists of the score for the country in question on the Corruption Perceptions Index from Transparency International as well as its ranking.

World Bank CORR Index (-2.5 - +2.5): 2010: +0.01

World Bank Corruption Index
This field consists of the score for the country in question on the 'Control of Corruption' indicator in the World Bank Governance Research Indicator Country Snapshot (GRICS): 1996-2010.

OECD Country Risk Classification (0-7): 2011: 4

Country Risk Classification
The classification of countries by risk category has the aim of providing OECD countries with a basis for calculating the premium interest rate to be charged to cover the risk of non-repayment of export credits. Countries are placed in risk categories 0 - 7, with 0 being the lowest risk category and thus the least expensive. Conversely, premium group 7 is the highest risk category. Each classification is comprised of 2 components: 1) an assessment of the country's economic/financial situation, and 2) its overall political stability. Access the complete list of OECD Country Risk Classification figures.

Data Verification:

Publication date: February 2012

Data verified by: Global Advice Network