Garanti BBVA

How MNCs manage Corporate Treasury in Turkey

Report date: 
22 Oct 2025

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Topics covered in this report include:

  • Turkey’s recent economic conditions and inflation trends
  • Currency depreciation and exchange rate developments
  • Business and regulatory environment in Turkey
  • Tax structure and compliance challenges
  • Funding options and financing practices for companies
  • Use and impact of the Resource Utilisation Support Fund (RUSF)
  • Stamp duty and its implications for loans
  • Inter-company loans and cash management strategies
  • Hedging approaches and accounting under hyperinflation
  • Treatment of interest and foreign exchange transactions
  • Equity funding and capital management in subsidiaries
  • Cash pooling arrangements and restrictions
  • Role of international and local banks in Turkey
  • Bureaucracy and documentation requirements
  • Payment processing and local PSP requirements
  • Overall outlook and long-term confidence in the Turkish market

Banks discussed in this report include: Bank Mendes Gans, JP Morgan, Garanti, TEB, Citi, and ING

 

Topics covered in this report: 
Accounting Measurements, Bank Relationships, Cash Pooling - domestic, Notional Pooling, Funding, Cash Repatriation, Cash Pooling - cross border, Investments, Funding, Working Capital, Tax, PSP, FX, Hedging FX, Inflation
Service providers discussed in this report: 
JP Morgan, BNP Paribas, Bank Mendes Gans, ING, TEB, Garanti BBVA, Citi

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FX & Treasury in Turkey

Report date: 
29 Nov 2022

Commentary

Europe meets Asia in Istanbul – and Turkey is very much at the crossroads when it comes to a lot of the cultural, geopolitical and even military issues which are currently roiling the world. Despite all the turmoil, Turkey remains a relatively open and thriving economy, and it is a significant market in its own right for several participants.

Turkey has been struggling for several years with a high inflation rate, and this is causing issues for all the participants. Despite this, business seems to continue and be reasonably healthy for all of them. The high inflation rate causes a series of problems, but all participants are able to fund their businesses and repatriate cash. The challenges:

  • High interest rates, though these have now fallen to a little over 10%
  • Inflation officially at 85% - but unofficial estimates are up to 150%
  • Scarcity of bank funding: given the above, it is not surprising that banks are not willing to lend – especially as the central bank now requires a deposit of 30% of the amount lent, at 0% for the first 30 days.
  • Some participants have moved to cross-border intercompany funding, onshore intercompany loans between entities, and equity, as required.
  • One participant is looking at cross border intercompany funding from a subsidiary in a third country which has excess cash. The documentation is proving very challenging.
  • Accounting: officially, Turkey has hyperinflation (over 100% in the last three years), which means the HQ’s currency has to be used as the functional currency for accounting, under both IFRS and US GAAP.
  • Hedging:
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Topics covered in this report: 
Inflation, Pricing, Hedging FX, Funding, Bank Relationships, Payments - cross border, Collections - domestic
Service providers discussed in this report: 
BNPP, TEB, Garanti BBVA, HSBC, Citi

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