History

The Bank, which started its operations as the Istanbul Branch of the Bank of Bahrain and Kuwait in 1985, started its operations as an independent financial institution in 1991 under the name Bahreyn ve Kuveyt Bankası A.Ş. The Bank changed its name in 1992 and continued to serve its customers with the title Garanti Yatırım ve Ticaret Bankası A.Ş., and in 1997 it was renamed as MNG Bank A.Ş.

In 2006, Arab Bank and BankMed acquired 91% of the shares of MNG Bank A.Ş. The share transfer was completed in January 2007, resulting in Arab Bank holding a 50% stake and BankMed holding 41%. In April 2007, the Bank’s name was changed to Turkland Bank A.Ş. (T-Bank). In July 2010, the remaining 9% of shares held by the previous shareholder were also acquired, equalizing the ownership structure with BankMed holding 50% and Arab Bank holding 50%. In 2020, the Bank’s capital was increased from TRY 650 million to TRY 1 billion.

Having attracted the attention of investors for many years through its stable performance, T-Bank entered a new phase in its ownership structure. Following the receipt of the required legal approvals and completion of the share transfer process, the Bank’s majority shares were transferred to Monaco-based SCP Azuréa as of 3 April 2026. With this change, the shareholding interests of the former shareholders, BankMed SAL and Arab Bank PLC, in the Bank came to an end.

T-Bank’s new shareholder brings strong experience across a range of sectors, particularly mining, energy, finance, and real estate. In this new era, T-Bank aims to continue expanding its operations by leveraging its institutional heritage, customer relationship management capabilities, experienced human capital, and banking expertise, while further enhancing its activities across all segments through the vision and support of its new shareholder structure.

In line with this strategic foundation, T-Bank aims to strengthen its capital structure, increase its market presence and market share through integrated financial investments such as factoring, leasing, and portfolio management, and further enhance the value it delivers to its customers.

 
 
 
TURKLAND BANK A.Ş. PRIVACY PROMISE

Your privacy is important for us. This is why we are committed to the Turkland Bank A.Ş. Privacy Promise for our customers, which is as follows:

In addition to the information that is legally required, only the information that is considered as necessary to offer the best products and services to our customers is requested by Turkland Bank A.Ş.

The privacy and the security of the information that is received from the customers are the most important criteria that are adopted.

In order to protect the privacy of the customer information, Turkland Bank A.Ş. adopts the rules described below:

Customer information is kept in the security system created by Turkland Bank A.Ş. and only authorized employees who are well-trained on the privacy and proper use of customer information have access to customer information.

Turkland Bank A.Ş. implements the tight security system in order to ensure that no access is given to unauthorized people including employees.

Except requirements related to the applicable legislations and regulations, customer information will not disclosed to 3rd parties without the customer’s consent.

Customer information that might be requested by Administrative authorities and judicial bodies will be disclosed in line with the scope of the regulatory request. Turkland Bank A.Ş. requires the third parties and its employees who provide service to the Bank to comply with the privacy and confidentiality requirements determined by the Bank when handling customers’ data.

Correctness / accuracy of the Information

It is important to ensure that your information is correct and up-to-date.. In case you notice that related information on the account statements or accessed through the internet banking is not correct or up-to-date, please inform your branch, following the guidelines under “Protection of Privacy” below; so that we can correct or update your information on a timely manner.

Protection of Privacy

Regarding the protection of your confidential information, we suggest you to:

  • Check your account balance and bank statements regularly and inform your branch in case of discrepancies,
  • If you suspect that your credentials, passwords or other confidential information is lost; or, stolen by the third party, please immediately inform your branch.
  • In all cases, we recommend not to disclose any of your information if you do not verify the credentials of the counterparty during phone calls or e-mailing, use a secure browser for online banking and close the online applications when not in use.

Turkland Bank A.Ş. will respect your trust and will work to keep the continuity of your trust through fulfilling its commitment specified in the guidelines above. Additionally, we believe that our clients will also demonstrate the required sensitivity for the privacy of the information that they provided to us.

The privacy promise will be updated timely with any changes in the applicable regulations or the internal policy, and will be always checked on the bank website.