Türkiye · Financial institution
Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi
Legal name in the LEI recordTÜRKIYE CUMHURIYETI ZIRAAT BANKASI ANONIM ŞIRKETI
Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankası A.Ş. (Ziraat Bankası) is a joint-stock bank with its head office in Ümraniye, Istanbul. Its sole shareholder is the Türkiye Wealth Fund. The Treasury's entire stake was transferred to the fund by a Council of Ministers decision of 24 January 2017. The bank provides retail, commercial, corporate and agricultural banking, treasury and international banking, in Türkiye and through foreign branches. It traces its origins to the Memleket Sandıkları funds of 1863 and was formally established as a bank in 1888.
Licences and registrations
Matched by LEI on the 22 tracked registers
None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registers.
- The tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- TCZBTR2AXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under TCZBTR2A directly.
- Swift GPI
- Live member
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- 6 branch codes
- BIC first registered
- 1989-03-06
- Last updated
- 2024-04-16
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Ownership
State-owned
100% Türkiye Varlık Fonu (Türkiye Wealth Fund)
Institution type
Universal bank
Trades as Ziraat Bankası (Ziraat Bank)
- Ownership
- The Türkiye Wealth Fund holds 100% of the bank's paid-in capital of TRY 84.6 billion.
- Direct parent
- Türkiye Varlık Fonu (Türkiye Wealth Fund), Türkiye 100%
- Ultimate owner
- Republic of Türkiye, Türkiye
- Head office
- Finanskent Mahallesi, Finans Caddesi No:44/A, Ümraniye, 34760 Istanbul, Türkiye
- Name in the local language
- Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankası Anonim Şirketi
Business lines
The bank was founded to finance agriculture and still provides farm lending. It also offers retail, commercial and corporate banking, treasury services, securities custody and insurance agency services.
Online
- Websites & references
- ziraatbank.com.tr ↗
ticaretyolu.ziraatbank.com.tr ↗ Ticaret Yolu trade portal, linked from the homepage header
opi.ziraatbank.com.tr ↗ Opi operations platform, linked from the homepage header
Wikipedia ↗ - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 9 pages consulted
- ziraatbank.com.tr/tr/yatirimci-iliskileri-ZB/finansal-bilgiler/DenetimRaporuMaliTablo/TCZB-konsolide-olmaya
- ziraatbank.com.tr/tr/bankamiz/hakkimizda/bankamiz-yonetim-kurulu
- ziraatbank.com.tr/tr/bankamiz/hakkimizda/ust-yonetim
- ziraatbank.com.tr/en/legal-notice
- ziraatbank.com.tr/tr
- ziraatbank.com.tr/en/investor-relations
- ziraatbank.com.tr/tr/bankamiz/hakkimizda/gunumuzde-ziraat-bankasi
- dunya.com/sirketler/ziraat-bankasi-2026nin-ilk-yarisinda-742-milyar-tl-net-kar-acikladi-haberi-8358
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziraat_Bank
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
-
Alpaslan Çakar
Genel Müdür ve Yönetim Kurulu Üyesi (Chief Executive Officer and Board Member)
- Chair
-
Abdullah Erdem Cantimur
Yönetim Kurulu Başkanı (Chairman of the Board)
- Chief financial officer
- Süleyman Yalçın Finansal Koordinasyon Genel Müdür Yardımcısı (Deputy CEO, Financial Coordination)
- Executive
- Veysi Kaynak Yönetim Kurulu Başkan Vekili (Vice Chairman of the Board)
- Executive
- Yasin Öztürk Hazine Yönetimi Genel Müdür Yardımcısı (Deputy CEO, Treasury Management)
Supervisors & regulators
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Türkiye
- Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) Prudential supervisorConductAML supervisor
- Türkiye
- Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (TCMB) Central bankForeign exchange
- Türkiye
- Capital Markets Board of Türkiye (SPK) Securities
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
-
Leadership
At the general assembly of 9 April 2026, Chairman Burhaneddin Tanyeri left the board. The board then elected Abdullah Erdem Cantimur as chairman.
ziraatbank.com.tr ↗ -
Licence
The Bank of Albania granted permission to establish a Tirana branch. The branch began operating in the second quarter of 2026.
ziraatbank.com.tr ↗ -
Leadership
The bank reassigned deputy CEO roles. Mehmet Şükrü Taşcı moved to corporate banking, Ferhat Pişmaf to commercial banking and Ümit Urfalıoğlu to credit allocation.
ziraatbank.com.tr ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, incidents, leadership changes, mergers and licence changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- TCZBTR2AXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- TCZBBank
- TRCountry · Türkiye
- 2ALocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- HEAD OFFICE
- LEI
- 213800K5KTZFSUS8MR51
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.
Profile
- Type
- Financial institutionClassified as a financial institution in Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory, with no licence on a tracked register. This includes banks that neither the ECB nor the FSB lists, as well as brokers, fund managers, insurers and market infrastructure.
- Regulation
- Not on a tracked registerNo licence or registration was found for this entity on the registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
- Register licences
- None matched by LEI in the 22 tracked registersThe tracked registers cover payment, e-money, crypto and money-service firms in 37 countries. Bank licences from national supervisors are not tracked.
- Country · region
- Türkiye · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
No licence or registration was found for this entity on the 22 registers the directory tracks, or on the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks are licensed by national supervisors whose registers are not tracked yet. This does not mean that the institution is unregulated.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
The Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi Anonim Şirketi group has 16 institutions in the directory, in 13 countries: all hold a BIC.
Including Ziraat Bank International AG, JSC Ziraat Bank Georgia, T.C. Ziraat Bankasi, T.C. Ziraat Bankasi A.S., Ziraat Bank Azerbaijan OJSC.
See the Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Ziraat Bankasi Anonim Şirketi group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Addresses
- Registered address
- FINANSKENT MAH FINANS CADDESI 44A UMRANIYE 34760 TURKIYE
- Operational address
- FINANSKENT MAH FINANS CADDESI 44A ISTANBUL 34760 ISTANBUL TURKIYE
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
- Identified by
- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>TCZBTR2AXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800K5KTZFSUS8MR51</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>TCZBTR2AXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>213800K5KTZFSUS8MR51</LEI>
<Nm>TURKIYE CUMHURIYETI ZIRAAT BANKASI</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<Ctry>TR</Ctry>
<AdrLine>FINANSKENT MAH FINANS CADDESI 44A UMRANIYE 34760 TURKIYE</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>Swift’s two address fields do not agree on a town, so the full record gives the address as address lines only.
The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
Network
Branch network
All 6 branch BICs connect to the head office, spread across 4 functions. Largest: Corporate & commercial (2), Trade finance (2).
Hover over a branch or group to see its details
Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCZBTR2AANK | CORPORATE BANKING BRANCH | Ankara | ANKARA ANKARA TURKIYE | — | 2024-04-16 |
| TCZBTR2AANT | ANTALYA FREE TRADE ZONE BRANCH | Antalya | ANTALYA ANTALYA POB 12 TURKIYE | — | 2024-04-16 |
| TCZBTR2AFEX | FX/MM OPERATIONS | Istanbul | ZIRAAT BANKASI A.S. GENEL MUDURLUGU C BLOK FLOOR 1 SISLI MASLAK MAHALLESI 39 ESKI BUYUKDERE CAD. ISTANBUL 34398 ISTANBUL TURKIYE | — | 2024-04-16 |
| TCZBTR2AIST | HEAD OFFICE FOREIGN OPERATIONS BRANCH | Istanbul | ISTANBUL ISTANBUL TURKIYE | — | 2024-04-16 |
| TCZBTR2AIZM | IZMIR CORPORATE BANKING BRANCH | Izmir | IZMIR IZMIR TURKIYE | — | 2024-04-16 |
| TCZBTR2AMER | MERSIN FREE TRADE ZONE BRANCH | Mersin | MERSIN 33100 MERSIN TURKIYE | — | 2024-04-16 |
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- Overview, leadership, regulators and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the institution's own website and reports, regulators, company registers and news. Figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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