The Borsa İstanbul is the sole exchange entity of Turkey combining the former Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE), the Istanbul Gold Exchange and the Derivatives Exchange of Turkey under one umbrella. It was established as an incorporated company with a founding capital of ₺423,234,000 on April 3, 2013, and began to operate on April 5, 2013. Its slogan is worth investing.
A view of the Borsa Istanbul building in the İstinye quarter of Istanbul in 2007, with the former İMKB logo above the entrance.
Bankalar Caddesi, also known as Voyvoda Caddesi, in the historic Galata quarter of the district of Beyoğlu (Pera) in Istanbul, Turkey, was the financial centre of the late Ottoman Empire. It strikes out west from busy Kemeraltı Caddesi in Karaköy and segues into Okçu Musa Caddesi which leads up to Şişhane and Tepebaşı in Beyoğlu.
Bankalar Caddesi (c. late 1920s) by Sébah & Joaillier. The Ottoman Bank building (1892) is seen at left.
The Ottoman Bank Archives and Research Centre, former head office of the Ottoman Bank, Constantinople.
Bankalar Caddesi in 2016
Bankalar Caddesi was Istanbul's financial centre during the Ottoman period. Completed in 1892, the Ottoman Central Bank headquarters is the large building at right.
