2. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to candidates?

Source: Article 116§3, Law on Political Parties, 1983 (as amended in 1999, Law No. 2820)

Source: Article 14§1, Law on Presidential Election , 2012 (Law No. 6271).

Gençkaya, Ömer F., Gündüz, U.  and Cihangir-Tetik, D. (2016) Political Finance and Transparency. Association of Transparency International, İstanbul.

A party representative or candidate or nominated candidate who accepts any aid or donation from foreign governments, international organizations and natural persons or legal entities that are not of Turkish citizenship shall be sentenced to imprisonment from one year to three years. 

Source: Article 116§3, Law on Political Parties, 1983 (as amended in 1999, Law No. 2820)

[Presidential] Candidates shall not receive any donation and aid from foreign governments, international organizations and natural persons or legal entities that are not of Turkish citizenship.

Source: Article 14§1, Law on Presidential Election , 2012 (Law No. 6271).

Since candidates at parliamentary and local elections are not subject to submit their campaign finance accounts to any supervision authority, there is no data about violation of the Law on Political Parties by these candidates.

Source: Gençkaya, Ömer F., Gündüz, U.  and Cihangir-Tetik, D. (2016) Political Finance and Transparency. Association of Transparency International, İstanbul.