Turkey’s richest people hide their identities as unexplained wealth, money laundering and favoritism raise alarm - Nordic Monitor

Turkey’s richest people hide their identities as unexplained wealth, money laundering and favoritism raise alarm - Nordic Monitor

Levent Kenez/Stockholm Turkey’s 2024 income tax records, released on August 20, 2025, reveal a growing trend of wealthy individuals and corporations choosing to hide their identities, raising questions about transparency and the sources of private wealth. While the government publishes the top 100 taxpayers each year, the majority now prefer anonymity. In 2013, 35 leading taxpayers withheld their names. By 2018, that number had grown to 62, risi…