Ziraat Katılım is a state-owned participation bank in Turkey. The bank was founded on 12 May 2015, and is wholly owned by Treasury of Turkey.[1] Ziraat Katılım is a member of Ziraat Finance Group, which has Turkey's largest bank Ziraat Bankası both per number of branches and total assets, as of 2016.[2] Its slogan is "Paylaştıkça daha fazlası" (Turkish: Even more when shared).

Ziraat Katılım
Company typePublic company
IndustryFinance and Insurance
Founded12 May 2015; 9 years ago (2015-05-12)
Area served
Turkey
ProductsIslamic Banking
OwnerTreasury of Turkey (100%)
WebsiteZiraat Katılım website

The official opening ceremony was held on 29 May 2015, on the anniversary of Fall of Constantinople with participation of the President of Turkey.[3] First account was opened for the President Erdoğan.[4]

The logo of the bank is very similar to Ziraat Bankası, both resembling an "ear of wheat" with bank initials, ZB and ZK respectively. Ziraat Bank logo additionally contains the letters "TC" for Republic of Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye Cumhuriyeti).

Ziraat Katılım has 166 branches as of 6 May 2023 over Turkey. Ziraat Katılım has profit and loss partnership, consumer finance, credit card islamic license.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "About us". Ziraat Katılım. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ "The Banks Association of Turkey". Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Ziraat Katılım Bankasının ilk şubesi açıldı" (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  4. ^ "İlk hesap Erdoğan'dan" (in Turkish). Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Ziraat Katılım Bank Islamic licenses".
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