[1] A law banning casinos (partly because of accusations of money-laundering) was unexpectedly announced[2] and approved in December 1996[3] and (following legal action against it) took effect on 11 February 1998.
[6] Sudi Özkan, another "casino king" with 20 casinos, left the country for a time, after the Ministry of Treasury and Finance found that he allegedly siphoned nearly $700m to Switzerland "off the books," eventually returning under a tax amnesty offered by Turkish authorities.
[12] In 2013 Turkish government issued the law by which Turkey has become the first country in the world to target individual players instead of gambling operators.
Sanctions for anyone caught in Turkey to access online gambling services is a penalty of between £100 and £500 (about $55–278).
Casino operators dealing with the Turkish market and bankers serving them can also face the prison conditions at the same time.