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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the international body in charge of coordinating and assessing policies to fight money laundering and terrorism financing, said on June 28 that it removed Turkey from its ‘grey list’ of jurisdictions under special scrutiny.
Turkey has made significant progress in improving its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regime, the Paris-based body said in a statement.
The ATF decision marks a significant victory for Turkish Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek, who has been steering a major economic overhaul since his appointment following President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s re-election last year.
Şimşek has been focused on attracting international investors back to Turkey’s markets, which saw a mass exodus in recent years. He has achieved this by strengthening financial regulations and dismantling the unorthodox policies that fuelled a prolonged economic crisis.
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