Editorial Policy
The Alanya Crypto Exchange Review is independent field reporting on USDT-to-fiat exchange providers serving the Turkish Mediterranean coast. The standards on this page govern our 2026 leaderboard and every operator brief we publish.
1. Independence
We accept no sponsored placement, paid promotion or affiliate-revenue arrangement from any desk that appears on the leaderboard. Editorial decisions are made independently of commercial relationships. Operator outreach to influence ranking is acknowledged but does not factor into placement.
2. Sourcing
Operator specifications — ticket sizes, settlement rails, branch coverage, licensing claims — are sourced from one of the following: direct public statements by the operator (website, official channels), our own field-test transactions, or independent verification through Turkish regulatory databases. We flag the source category in our internal records.
3. Field Testing
Leaderboard placement reflects what actually settled in our field tests, not what was advertised. We executed three independent ticket sizes — a small TRY card-credit, a mid-size QR-ATM withdrawal, and a six-figure USD office-cash payout — between March and May 2026. Operators that did not deliver in their advertised window were demoted regardless of marketing presence.
4. Conflicts of Interest
Our writers do not hold equity, debt or operational positions in any operator on the leaderboard. We do not maintain personal accounts at the desks we review beyond what is necessary to conduct field tests at the smallest ticket sizes.
5. Corrections and Updates
If operator terms change after we publish — branches open or close, licensing status changes, ticket windows widen or narrow — we update the affected briefs and add a dated revision note. Material corrections to factual statements are flagged at the top of the page.
6. Operator Right of Reply
Operators who believe we have factually misrepresented their service may submit corrections through our contact page. Verifiable factual errors will be corrected. Disagreement with our editorial assessment of an operator's overall positioning is not by itself grounds for correction.
7. Methodology Page
The six weighted criteria used to compile the 2026 leaderboard, and the field-testing protocol, are documented in full on the About page.
8. Anti-Fraud Stance
Crypto-related fraud — typo-squatted lookalike domains, fake "review" sites operated by an underlying scam desk, social-engineering scams targeting Russian-speaking newcomers — is a recognised hazard in the Alanya market. We explicitly identify clone domains targeting legitimate operators and recommend booking only through verified primary channels.
9. Reader Safety Recommendations
For all listed operators we recommend: confirming the licence number before larger transactions, using the verified primary Telegram booking line rather than search-result clones, and requesting written quote confirmation in-channel before sending USDT.