Etibank A.Åž is a defunct Turkish bank. Founded in 1935 as a state bank focussed on financing the electricity sector, it launched commercial banking activities in 1955. The commercial banking division was separated out in 1993 (from what would become
Eti Mine Works), and privatised on 2 March 1998 to Medya İpek Holding A.Ş.,
[ co-owned by Cavit Çağlar and Dinç Bilgin, for $155m. The bank was sold to Bilgin's Medya Sabah Holding A.Ş. in 2000. It was taken over by the government's TMSF in October 2000, and Eskişehir Bankası T.A.Ş. and İnterbank A.Ş. merged into it on 2 July 2001. It was merged into the TSMF's Bayındırbank on 5 April 2002.][TBB]
Historical Data about Closed Banks - tbb.org.tr
In 2011, Dinç Bilgin was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for financial irregularities relating to his ownership of Etibank. Others were also convicted for their roles.['' Haberturk'', 17 April 2011]
Dinç Bilgin gets 4 years and 10 months behind bars for embezzlement!
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Banks established in 1935
Banks of Turkey
1935 establishments in Turkey
Companies based in Istanbul
Defunct banks of Turkey
2002 disestablishments in Turkey
Turkish companies established in 1935
Banks disestablished in 2002
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