CAPITAL MARKETS - Kuveyt Türk issues $350 mln in Islamic bonds to Turkish market

Kuveyt Turk Participation Bank issued $350 million worth of Islamic bonds, also called sukuk, at a signing ceremony held on Tuesday in İstanbul.  (source)

CAPITAL MARKETS - SPK and the development of Turkish capital markets

Since its establishment, the Capital Markets Board (SPK) of Turkey has been dedicated to its role of regulating and supervising the Turkish capital markets in accordance with international norms and standards in a continuously changing market environment with clear, objective and easily apprehensible approaches in order to ensure that capital markets are fair, secure, transparent and efficient.

The board continued in 2010 to carry out its regulatory and supervisory activities in line with its above-mentioned mission and vision. (full story - sundays zaman)