According to the Today's Zaman website Adnan Yousif, chairman of UAB has said that banks from the Gulf are looking for Turkish banks to acquire. Yousif was speaking at the Enhancing Shamgen Banking: Turkey, Syria, Lebanon and Jordan conference in İstanbul when he indicated that big Arab banks such as Al Rajah Bank, Qatar National Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank were seeking opportunities to become established in Turkey by purchasing a national bank.
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