Blockchain and Crypto-Assets 2026

TURKEY Law and Practice Contributed by: Caghan Tansel TANSEL

Russia

Black Sea

Bulgaria

Georgia

Ankara

Turkey

Syria

Iraq

Cyprus

Contents 1. Overview of Blockchain and Crypto-Assets p.654 1.1 Blockchain p.654 1.2 Crypto-Assets p.658 2. Regulation p.660 2.1 Regulators and International Alignment p.660 2.2 Crypto-Asset Regulatory Frameworks p.661 2.3 Regulated Firms and Legal Wrappers p.662 2.4 Token Issuance p.662 2.5 Market Abuse p.663 2.6 Non-Compliance p.663 3. Licensing and Set-Up Requirements p.664

3.1 Licensing Requirements p.664 3.2 Set-Up Requirements p.665 3.3 Change of Control p.666 3.4 Passporting p.666 4. Cross-Border Services p.666 4.1 Marketing p.666 4.2 White Labelling p.667 5. Decentralised Finance p.667 5.1 Ability to Use DeFi p.667 5.2 DeFi Structures p.668 5.3 Liability p.668 6. Payments and Stablecoins p.669

6.1 Payments p.669 6.2 Stablecoins p.669 7. Tokenisation and Real-World Assets p.670 7.1 Treatment p.670

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