Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Turkey - OECD welcomes efforts to tackle bribery in international business deals


Turkey has made significant progress in its efforts to combat bribery in international business deals by fully implementing all but one of the recommendations made by the OECD Working Group on Bribery since 2007, earning praise from the other 37 countries that are Party to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention at a recent meeting in Paris.

Turkish representatives said at the meeting that the remaining recommendation would also be fully implemented as soon as a draft law on the scope of external company audits was adopted by Parliament.

The Working Group on Bribery made strong recommendations to Turkey in December 2007. A second review in June 2009 indicated that Turkey was on the right track. In a recent follow-up assessment discussed at the meeting in Paris, the Group found that Turkey has implemented the vast majority of the Group’s recommendations for improving implementation of the Anti-Bribery Convention.

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