While it is the most newsworthy of the countries that have declared that online gambling is illegal, the United States is not the only country to do so, although different countries may have different reasons for doing so. Turkey is one such country and, recently, has been making efforts to prevent its citizens from accessing and playing at online gambling sites. In fact, the government of Turkey has formed a team of specialists, consisting of members from both the ministry of the Treasury and the ministry of Justice, in order to accomplish this. The new Interior Ministry was unable to issue any legal directives against the gambling sites, however, since they are all located outside of Turkey.

Nonetheless, this hasn’t stopped government authorities in Turkey from trying to shut down the sites and they are looking at ways to do just that. One way includes addressing the numerous questions regarding online gambling in Turkey and the increase in the number of people visiting online gambling sites. Consequently, Ertugrul Yalcinbayir, the Justice and Development Party (AKP) deputy, has submitted a motion for asking those questions to the Interior Minister Abdulkadir Aksu . The motion said "Thirty gambling sites are available for the Turkish people. What means do we have to prevent our people from gambling? What is the economic size of online and other kinds of gambling in Turkey? Does Turkey have the power to prevent online gambling? What kinds of precautions can be taken?"

In response to the motion, Aksu said that the online gambling sites and lotteries are illegal and, therefore, subject to the legal measures that can be taken against them upon their detection. Moreover, the Interior Ministry has issued new directives to fight online gambling and is initiating new investigations into the problem as well. Aksu also said that even though Turkey cannot do anything to close down the Internet gambling sites that operate outside of Turkey, the government has requested that those sites not be made available to Turkey online.

Apparently, this is not a new issue in Turkey as, not long ago, the online gambling issues had come to the attention of and was put on the agenda of parliament causing deputies to ask for new regulation for lottery games in addition to gambling.