8.30 to 12.30
13.30 to 17.30
From bank to bank, there may be some shifts on these working hours.
Banks are closed on Saturdays, Sundays and official holidays.Branches
of the banks are within a few meters in the city centers and if one
bank does not accept to serve your needs, you can always try the next
bank. Look for the sign that says change, exchange, wechsel or kambiyo.
Some banks have lining machines. You take a ticket by the entrance.
A big sign shows the number which is served at that moment.Although
the banks use computers, be prepared to wait anywhere from 5 to 30
minutes for a transaction.The biggest and most known banks with branches
in most of the cities are:
Garanti Bankasi
Is Bankasi
Akbank
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası i
Pamukbank
HSBC
Ziraat Bankasi (state owned)
Vakiflar Bankasi (state owned).
