Information Notice

AgaDigital Elektronik Mağazacılık ve Ticaret Anonim Şirketi, together with all of its affiliated units, adopts as a fundamental principle the support of all national and international efforts to combat money laundering, laundering of proceeds of crime, terrorist financing, and other related offences, and undertakes to comply fully with all applicable national and international laws, regulations, and legislation.

Within this scope, and in accordance with the legislation of the Financial Crimes Investigation Board (MASAK) and in compliance with the Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK), our Company may request from its customers, on a one-time basis, necessary documents such as identification documents and address verification documents (e.g. utility bills, residence certificates).

All information and documents requested within the scope of personal data are used solely for the fulfilment of legal obligations and are securely stored.

The legal grounds for the requested information and documents, as stipulated under the relevant laws and regulations, are set out below.

Law No. 5549 on the Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds of Crime

Customer Due Diligence

Article 3

1. Obliged parties are required, within the framework of customer due diligence principles, to identify the persons conducting transactions, as well as those on whose behalf or for whose account the transactions are conducted, and to take other necessary measures before carrying out or mediating any transaction.
2. The Ministry is authorised to determine the types of documents to be used for identity verification. The types of transactions requiring identity verification, their monetary thresholds, and other procedures and principles regarding customer due diligence shall be determined by regulation.

Regulation on Measures Regarding the Prevention of Laundering of Proceeds of Crime and the Financing of Terrorism (Law No. 5337)

Provision Establishing Our Company’s Status as an Obliged Party

Article 4 (Obliged Parties)
k) Persons engaged in the purchase and sale of precious metals, stones, or jewellery, and those who mediate such transactions.

Provisions Regarding Identity Verification Processes

Article 5 (Identity Verification)

Obliged parties are required to obtain identity-related information and verify its accuracy, and to take the necessary measures to identify their customers and the persons acting on behalf of or for the account of their customers, as well as to determine the ultimate beneficial owner of the transaction, in the following cases:

a) Upon the establishment of a continuous business relationship, regardless of the transaction amount;

b) Where the transaction amount or the total amount of multiple linked transactions is TRY 185,000 or more (TRY 15,000 for crypto asset service providers);

c) In electronic transfers and crypto asset transfers carried out by crypto asset service providers, where the transaction amount or the total amount of multiple linked transactions is TRY 15,000 or more;

d) In cases requiring the submission of a suspicious transaction report, regardless of the transaction amount;

e) Where there is doubt regarding the adequacy or accuracy of previously obtained customer identification information, regardless of the transaction amount.

1. Identity verification shall be completed prior to the establishment of the business relationship or before the execution of the transaction.
2. In the establishment of a continuous business relationship, information regarding the purpose and nature of the business relationship shall be obtained.

Article 6 (Identity Verification of Natural Persons)

1. For the identification of natural persons, the following information shall be obtained: name and surname, date of birth, nationality, type and number of the identification document, address, specimen signature, occupation and profession, and, where available, telephone number, fax number, and electronic mail address. In addition, Turkish citizens shall provide their Turkish Republic Identification Number, while non-Turkish citizens shall provide their place of birth.
2. The accuracy of information regarding the person’s name, surname, date of birth, Turkish Republic Identification Number, and the type and number of the identification document shall be verified through:

a) For Turkish citizens: Turkish national identity cards, Turkish driving licences, passports, or other identification documents explicitly recognised as official identity documents under special laws and bearing a Turkish Republic Identification Number;

b) For non-Turkish citizens: passports, residence permits, or other identification documents deemed appropriate by the Ministry.

For submission upon request by the authorities, readable copies or electronic images of the original or notarised copies of the identification documents used for verification shall be obtained, or the relevant identity information shall be recorded.

1. In the establishment of a continuous business relationship, the accuracy of the declared address shall be verified through a residence certificate, an invoice issued within the last three months prior to the transaction date for services requiring subscription (such as electricity, water, natural gas, or telephone) issued in the name of the relevant person, a document issued by any public authority, or other documents and methods deemed appropriate by the Presidency. Readable copies or electronic images of the documents used for verification shall be obtained, or the distinguishing information of the document shall be recorded.
2. For identity verification carried out using Turkish driving licences issued before 1 January 2016, verification of the accuracy of the Turkish Republic Identification Number is not mandatory.

Article 6/A

Remote Identity Verification for Natural Persons and Legal Entities Registered with the Trade Registry

Where the relevant legislation governing the obliged party’s principal field of activity permits the conclusion of contracts using methods that allow for identity verification without face-to-face interaction with the customer, remote identity verification methods may be used to verify customer identity in the establishment of a continuous business relationship with natural persons or legal entities registered with the trade registry.

The Ministry is authorised to determine the principles applicable to customers in remote identity verification, the methods to be applied, other measures within the scope of customer due diligence, and other types of transactions for which remote identity verification may be conducted, on the basis of obliged parties.