Other services – Turkey

30.01.2025

Securities lending and borrowing

Turkish securities are not eligible for CBL's securities lending and borrowing programme.

Disclosure requirements

Please refer to the Disclosure Requirements - Turkey.

Holding restrictions

To be eligible to hold Turkish securities through Clearstream Banking, clients are required to:

  • Inform Clearstream Banking of the beneficial owner's Turkish Tax ID (or, in the case of a Turkish resident individual, the Turkish national ID number); or
  • Request, via Clearstream Banking, a Turkish Tax ID.

For further information about how to comply with the above requirements, please refer to the Market Taxation Guide - Turkey.

Note: Turkish residents or individual final beneficial owners are not entitled to hold fixed income securities issued by the Turkish Treasury, such as:

  • Government bonds;
  • Treasury Bills;
  • Public lease certificates (SUKUKs); 
  • Gold bonds;
  • Gold indexed public lease certificates.

Foreign exchange

Foreign exchange services for the Turkish Lira are available to clients on a case-by-case basis, upon request.

To complete foreign exchange conversions for the Turkish Lira, clients should contact CBL’s Treasury Desk directly via an authenticated communications medium.