Ottoman Bank

The Ottoman Bank (Turkish: Osmanlı Bankası), formerly the Imperial Ottoman Bank (Ottoman Turkish: Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane; French: Banque Impériale Ottomane), was a bank founded in 1856 at Bankalar Caddesi (Banks Street) in the Galata business quarter of Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, as a joint venture between British interests, the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas of France, and the Ottoman government. It operated as the Imperial Ottoman Bank from 1863 to 1924. Privileged as a state bank, it carried out the functions of a central bank.

Ottoman Bank

The Ottoman Bank (Turkish: Osmanlı Bankası), formerly the Imperial Ottoman Bank (Ottoman Turkish: Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane; French: Banque Impériale Ottomane), was a bank founded in 1856 at Bankalar Caddesi (Banks Street) in the Galata business quarter of Constantinople (now Istanbul), the capital of the Ottoman Empire, as a joint venture between British interests, the Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas of France, and the Ottoman government. It operated as the Imperial Ottoman Bank from 1863 to 1924. Privileged as a state bank, it carried out the functions of a central bank.