MOST READ - Most popular April 2011

• INDEX - SAMI Halal Food Index holds Turkish companies
• ECONOMY - 2010 DS100 Summary: Companies Absorb Financial Crisis Shock
• CONFERENCE - Istanbul to host 26th session of COMCEC
• BANKING - Qatar Islamic Bank eyeing up Bank Asya
• BANKING - Turkish banks reported TRY 1,530mn net profit in Feb 2011
• BANKING - Bank Asya new CEO - Abdullah Celik
• ARTICLES - Impact of Interest Rates on Islamic and Conventional Banks: The Case of Turkey
• BANKING - 'Turkish individual retirement market to exceed TL 100 bln by 2023' - Kuveyt Turk
• EVENTS - IFSB Istanbul April 6, 2011 - In search for a global standard in Islamic banking
• CAPITAL MARKETS - Noor Islamic has sukuk mandates in Gulf, Turkey- CEO

MOST POPULAR posts - March 2011

• BANKING - KFH witnesses noticeable growth in 2010
• SUKUK - PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Assigns Kuveyt Turk's Forthcoming Sukuk Issue Expected 'BBB-' Rating
• BANKING - ‘QIB eyes Turkish Islamic bank stake’
• CAPITAL MARKETS - Turkiye Finans enters into USD 300 mln Murabaha Syndicated Loan
• CAPITAL MARKETS - Kuwait firm's Turkish unit plans $500 mln Islamic bond
• CAPITAL MARKETS - US to support İstanbul’s int’l finance center bid
• BANKING - Central bank to pay interest on Treasury deposits
• BANKING - Ulker Family leaves the finance sector (Turkiye Finans, BMD, Albaraka Turk)
• FINANCE - IILM - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and Shariah Committee of the IILM
• BANKING - Islamic bank takes first step in selling gold from ATMs (Kuveyt Turk)

MOST READ - February 2011

• SUKUK - PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Assigns Kuveyt Turk's Forthcoming Sukuk Issue Expected 'BBB-' Rating
• INVESTMENTS - Global Investment House Fund Buys 80% of Turkey’s Bicakcilar
• FINANCIAL MARKETS - KATLM "Participation Index" for the IMKB/ISE Istanbul Stock Exchange
• BANKING - Ulker Family leaves the finance sector (Turkiye Finans, BMD, Albaraka Turk)
• ECONOMY - 2010 DS100 Summary: Companies Absorb Financial Crisis Shock
• FINANCE - IILM - Appointment of Chief Executive Officer and Shariah Committee of the IILM
• ECONOMY - Turkey dominates Muslim world’s top 100 companies list
• BANKING - Germany's first Islamic bank opens (Kuveyt Turk)
• BANKING - Net Income of Al Baraka Banking Group Jumped by 15% to US$ 193 Million and Assets by 21% to US$ 16 Billion in 2010
• INSURANCE - TAKAFUL - Insurance company aims at conservatives in Turkey

MOST READ - Popular posts in January 2011

• FINANCIAL MARKETS - KATLM "Participation Index" for the IMKB/ISE Istanbul Stock Exchange
• SUKUK - PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Assigns Kuveyt Turk's Forthcoming Sukuk Issue Expected 'BBB-' Rating
• EVENTS - CONFERENCES - CALL FOR PAPERS - The International Conference on Financial Criminology - 8-9 June, 2011 (Islamic accountability and fraud risk management)
• BANKING - Ulker Family leaves the finance sector (Turkiye Finans, BMD, Albaraka Turk)
• INSURANCE - TAKAFUL - Insurance company aims at conservatives in Turkey

MOST POPULAR POSTS 2010

• FINANCE - Islamic pension funds make first appearance
• BANKING - Ulker Family leaves the finance sector (Turkiye Finans, BMD, Albaraka Turk)
• EVENTS - CONFERENCES - CALL FOR PAPERS - The International Conference on Financial Criminology - 8-9 June, 2011 (Islamic accountability and fraud risk management)
• BANKING - Al Baraka Banking Group Becomes the First Banking Institution to Use the Saadiq Nostro Accounts
• INSURANCE - TAKAFUL - Insurance company aims at conservatives in Turkey
• POLL - ISLAMIC FINANCE NEWS - Best Islamic Finance Service Providers - ONLY 1 WEEK LEFT !
• ARTICLE - The Efficiency of Participation and Conventional Banks in Turkey: Using Data Envelopment Analysis
• EU - Prospects of Islamic Finance by Yves Mersch
• SUKUK - PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Assigns Kuveyt Turk's Forthcoming Sukuk Issue Expected 'BBB-' Rating
• EVENTS - Roundtable «Islamic Finance in Russia & CIS — market and regulation» Istanbul, January 25, 2011