Ahead of İşbank’s centenary celebrations next year, CEO Hakan Aran emphasises the focus on social responsibility and environmental commitments, and outlines what the bank of the future will look like.
Lenders in the Caucasus region have benefited from the turmoil resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, while questions remain regarding Turkish banks as the new central bank governor and finance minister are appointed.
Following record profitability for Turkish banks in 2022, Akbank is Turkey’s best-performing bank in this year’s rankings.
The central bank of Turkey’s macroprudential adjustments has made the operating environment for the country’s banks increasingly complex.
In the choppy waters of the Turkish economy, where soaring inflation and exchange rate volatility are a growing menace, the country’s banks are facing a new complication: a wave of regulation.
Turkey’s economy is suffering, with critics claiming the situation is being exacerbated by government policy.
Turkey’s banks are coping well with the financial, digital, economic and geopolitical risks confronting them
Sustainable finance and digitalisation helping to keep Turkey’s bankers positive
The chief executive of Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank on its new digital initiatives and the outlook for Islamic banking in Turkey.
Leading lenders saw net interest income increase despite tricky economic conditions.
Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi leads the Turkish banks, whose adaptability has seen them through a tough year in face of currency depreciation and rising inflation.
After the firing of Turkey’s central bank governor, the country seems primed for another currency crisis.
Nation’s banks holding up despite crisis on back of sufficient liquidity and developed digital channels.
Turkey's economy has fallen into recession, inflation rates are high and concerns are being raised about the president's approach. The Banker assesses the options the country has.
With Turkey's economy in a downturn, the interventionist Erdogan government is keen for state and private banks to provide cheaper credit.
Strained international relations and the economic interventions of its president are denting confidence in Turkey's economy, putting pressure on its banks.
Turkey's economy has been hit by a plummeting lira, populist policies from its president and a tariff war with the US. The Banker looks at its prospects.
Turkey’s banks enjoyed a bumper year in 2017, but a combination of foreign currency debt, internal strife and strained relations with the US could spell the end for the good times. Tom Stevenson reports.
Amid rumours that Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan may be bringing elections forward to mid-2018, observers fear a pumped-up ‘campaign economy’ will overheat. Tom Stevenson reports.
The Turkish government has launched a bold stimulus programme aimed at lifting the economy out of its slump ahead of coming elections, but at what long-term cost to the nation’s finances? Tom Stevenson reports.