à Âekerbank T.A.à Â. was founded in 1953 as the Sugar Beet Cooperative Bank in Eskià Âehir, Turkey. In 1956, the bank relocated to Ankara and was renamed to à Âekerbank. The initial public offering of the bank was carried out in 1997, and in 2004 the bank relocated its headquarters again, this time to Istanbul, Turkey. à Âekerbank is a bank that provides consumer loans, vehicle loans, housing loans and commercial loans. Dr. Hasan Basri Göktan is the chairman of the board of à Âekerbank.
à Âeker Investment, à Âeker Factoring, à Âeker Leasing, à Âeker Finance and à Âekerbank Cyprus Ltd. are among à Âekerbank financial subsidiaries.
à Âekerbank has 238 branches throughout Turkey, including 1 mobile branch, 7 regional offices (1 in Istanbul, 6 in Anatolia), and many of its branches spread across 67 provinces and 87 non-central districts have been serving in the same place and region for nearly half a century.