Turkey Gambling News

• Online Gambling in Turkey Faces Jihad From Istanbul Mullahs

  2012-02-07 12:35
  If Turkey legalizes online gambling, the hundreds of thousands of Turkish gamblers will gain protection from online illegal casino boiler rooms. Read more

• Turkish Football Season Delayed Due to Match Fixing Scandal

  2011-07-28 11:41
  Turkish match fixing scandal escalated to the point when the country’s football league season had to be postponed Read more

• Sports Betting Corruption Scandal Rocks Turkish Football Champs

  2011-07-08 11:56
  A match fixing scandal in Turkey involves a number of major clubs including this year’s league winners Fenerbahce Read more

• Turkey Begins Internet Censorship in Hope of Stopping Online Gambling

  2011-05-07 17:57
  Despite strict Islamic prohibition on most forms of gambling, a government operated online sportsbooks in Turkey is thriving. A significant Read more

• Illegal Turkish Casinos Thrive As Police Appeal For New Gambling Laws

  2011-04-06 06:30
  Casino gambling is alive and well in Turkey despite the 1998 prohibition. At the time, the government acquiesced to conservative Islamic factions Read more

• Internet Filters in Turkey: First Gambling, Now Google

  2010-07-03 12:42
  Turkish citizens have a hard time accessing certain areas of the internet. Ever since Law No 5651 was passed in 2007, aimed Read more

• Gambling is Big Business in Turkey, Both Online and in the Streets

  2010-05-25 13:10
  Despite unforgiving and rather inflexible gambling laws in Turkey, locals enjoy everything from underground casinos and unofficial lotteries to a very broad Read more

• Online Gambling in Turkey: Illegal and Flourishing

  2010-03-31 12:08
  In 2006, several changes were made to Turkish gambling laws in an attempt to stamp out online gambling in the country. The Read more

• Dozens Arrested in Turkish Gambling Scandal

  2010-03-27 15:24
  Being that Turkey is a country in which most of the population practices Islam, people may find it surprising that, in comparison Read more

• Turkish Footballer Suspended for Match Fixing

  2010-01-11 15:03
  Turkcell Super League football team Kayserispor has suspended their midfielder, Bilal Aziz Özer, after a local newspaper detailed his role in a Read more