Not sure if anybody else has heard about this so thought I would share this info with you all.
I went into 3 banks yesterday (Finance, Deniz & Akbank) and all 3 said that they needed a copy of a Utility Bill in the account holders name and/or a copy of the Residence Permit if they have one. When I asked all 3 banks what would happen if people did not do this they all said their accounts would be `frozen` or `blocked` from the 1st January.
I asked Finance Bank what would happen to those accounts held by people resident in the UK and therefore not having a Residence Permit or even a Turkish Utility Bill, and they said they would need a Utility Bill from their Home Address in the UK.
Apparently this new rule is something to do with stopping money laundering.
