Turkey: Crypto Trading Rules & Available Platforms

Turkey restricts parts of crypto activity under its current rules.

Asset classes on Canborsa

Crypto perps

52 markets ›

Stock & pre-IPO perps

26 markets ›

Commodity perps

4 markets ›

Index perps

4 markets ›

The only rail a licensed platform may use under Communiqué III-35/B.2 Art. 51(3): transfers only through the customer's own bank account.

Barred by the Central Bank's 2021 regulation Art. 4(2), which forbids e-money institutions from intermediating crypto transfers.

Excluded because Art. 51(3) allows licensed platforms only bank electronic transfers, not card acquiring.

Communiqué III-35/B.2 Art. 51(1) bars platforms from taking, returning, or holding customer cash.

Prohibited outright as a payments ban by the Central Bank's 2021 regulation Art. 3(2); trading itself is not banned.

USDT P2P

funding rail

LIMITS

Widely used in practice; trading for others at volume falls inside SPK licensing.

Gains from crypto asset disposals are taxed at graduated income tax rates from 15% to 40% for higher amounts, under the other income classification.

Turkey treats crypto trading as regulated.

31 exchanges serve Turkey, among them Aevo, ApeX and Aster.

Gains from crypto asset disposals are taxed at graduated income tax rates from 15% to 40% for higher amounts, under the other income classification.

Regulator for crypto trading in Turkey: Sermaye Piyasası Kurulu (SPK, Capital Markets Board) covers crypto asset service providers; Türkiye Cumhuriyet Merkez Bankası (CBRT) covers the payments prohibition.