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Takasbank rejects financing claims and cites 450 billion lira in collateral

Takasbank rejected allegations that it directed funds to a particular borrower and said its money market held 450 billion lira in collateral against 240 billion lira of transactions. Its response also set out the TLY fund’s platform approval timetable. The figures and account of safeguards are the bank’s own statements.

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The bank denies directing a particular institution’s money

Takasbank, the operator of the Takasbank Money Market in Türkiye, rejected allegations concerning financing and fund transactions. The bank described the market as an organized venue where members transact anonymously. It said it is neither lender nor borrower in those transactions and does not decide to channel a particular institution’s money to a particular borrower. Both its description of the mechanism and its denial come from the bank’s response.[1], [2]

On that basis, Takasbank denied the account that the Unemployment Insurance Fund had directly financed a particular fund through this market. It said the market’s structure does not permit that direction of funds. The bank also said it was supporting examinations and investigations by the relevant authorities. Its statement addresses the alleged financing route while setting out how it says member-to-member transactions are arranged.[1], [2]

Collateral figures accompany the response

The bank put money-market transactions at 240 billion lira and collateral at 450 billion lira. According to its statement, bank guarantee letters make up 84 per cent of the collateral, while equities represent less than 1.5 per cent. It said shares showing abnormal price increases are not accepted as collateral. These amounts describe the collateral structure presented by the market operator in response to the allegations.[1], [2]

Takasbank further said that no bank in the market had defaulted and no institution supplying funds had suffered a loss. Those statements form part of its own account of market safeguards and outcomes. The disclosed collateral totals are separate from the regulatory chronology of the TLY fund, another subject covered by the same response.[1]

TLY purchases were suspended and reopened in 2025

For the TLY fund, Takasbank supplied dates on the Turkey Electronic Fund Trading Platform (TEFAS). The fund opened for trading on 7 July 2025. New purchases stopped on 1 August because a prospectus amendment lacked the required approval, then resumed on 12 August after the Capital Markets Board approved it. Citing this sequence, the bank rejected the allegation of 11 months of unauthorized trading and said the regulatory penalty concerned changes made in 2025.[1], [2]

References

  1. News sourceEkonomimTakasbank cites TL450 billion collateral against TL240 billion money-market transactions↩1↩2↩3↩4↩5
  2. News sourceBloomberg HTTakasbank cites TL450 billion collateral against TL240 billion money-market transactions↩1↩2↩3↩4
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