TÜRKİYE HALK BANKASI A.Ş. Özel Durum Açıklaması (Genel) 20 Kasım 2023

The news and rumors in some news publications and social media accounts, referencing a parliamentary question and accusing the Ministry of Interior of leading a criminal organization; claiming that a person, who is allegedly linked to an arrested individual, had our Bank extend a loan of 700 million Turkish Liras without collateral to such arrested individual and to the companies in which he holds partnership, also by attributing a kinship connection with a former regional manager of our Bank; and that the loan has not been paid back; and that such regional manager was discharged from his position upon the request of the aforementioned Ministry are completely untrue, misleading to the public and investors, impactful on share value and based on subjective approaches and opinions, in addition to being harmful for the trust in and the reputation of the Bank.

No loans at all were extended to the aforementioned individual or the companies in which he holds partnership at the specified amount or without collateral. Allocation, collateralization and disbursement of loans at our Bank are carried out in accordance with the Banking Law No. 5411 and our Bank's internal regulations. Our former regional manager's change of position has no connection whatsoever with the transactions in question.

Reporting news and commentaries to harm the trust in and the reputation of our Bank violates the provisions of the Banking Law Art. 74, titled "Protection of Reputation", and our legal rights shall be asserted against fraudulent news and commentaries.

For the information of the public and investors.

In case of any contradiction between the Turkish and English versions of this public disclosure, the Turkish version shall prevail.