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title: "Banking regulator BDDK revokes Bank Mellat's Istanbul branch operating license"
url: https://gazete.tv/en/story/2026-09-18-banking-regulator-bddk-revokes-bank-mellat/
lang: en
date: 2026-09-18
updated: 2026-09-19T02:48:44.057Z
category: economy
sources: 10
agreement: agree
---

# Banking regulator BDDK revokes Bank Mellat's Istanbul branch operating license

Under a decision dated September 18, the banking regulator BDDK revoked the operating license of the Istanbul Türkiye Central Branch of Iran-based Bank Mellat, under paragraph (b) of the first clause of Article 71 of the Banking Law. The decision was published in the Official Gazette.

## Who is in this story

- [banking regulator BDDK](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/bddk/) — Institutions
- [Bank Mellat](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/bank-mellat/) — Companies
- [Official Gazette](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/resmi-gazete/) — Other
- [Iran](https://gazete.tv/en/who-is-who/iran/) — Places

## News sources

- [İranlı bankanın Türkiye'deki faaliyet izni iptal edildi](https://www.yenicaggazetesi.com/iranli-bankanin-turkiyedeki-faaliyet-izni-iptal-edildi-1073265h.htm) — Yeniçağ (opposition) — 2026-09-18
- [BDDK bir bankanın İstanbul merkez şubesinin faaliyet iznini kaldırdı](https://www.nefes.com.tr/bddk-bir-bankanin-istanbul-merkez-subesinin-faaliyet-iznini-kaldirdi-152207) — Nefes (opposition) — 2026-09-18
- [BDDK, Bank Mellat'ın Türkiye'deki faaliyet iznini kaldırdı](https://www.ekonomim.com/ekonomi/bddk-bank-mellatin-turkiyedeki-faaliyet-iznini-kaldirdi-haberi-919230) — Ekonomim (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [BDDK, İran bankasının faaliyet iznini iptal etti](https://ekonomi.haber7.com/ekonomi/haber/3660796-bddk-iran-bankasinin-faaliyet-iznini-iptal-etti) — Haber7 (pro-government) — 2026-09-18
- [BDDK'dan bir banka için faaliyet izni kaldırma kararı](https://www.bloomberght.com/bddk-dan-bir-banka-icin-faaliyet-izni-kaldirma-karari-3788856) — Bloomberg HT (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [BDDK'dan İranlı Bank Mellat'ın faaliyet iznini iptal etti](https://www.sigortagundem.com/bddk-dan-iranli-bank-mellat-in-faaliyet-iznini-iptal-etti) — Sigorta Gündem (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [BDDK'dan İranlı Bank Mellat'ın faaliyet iznini iptal etti](https://www.psmmag.com/bddk-dan-iranli-bank-mellat-in-faaliyet-iznini-iptal-etti) — PSM (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [BDDK'dan İranlı Bank Mellat'ın faaliyet iznini iptal etti](https://www.ekonomimanset.com/bddk-dan-iranli-bank-mellat-in-faaliyet-iznini-iptal-etti) — Ekonomi Manşet (independent) — 2026-09-18
- [İran bankası Bank Mellat'ın Türkiye'deki faaliyet izni kaldırıldı](https://www.trthaber.com/haber/ekonomi/iran-bankasi-bank-mellatin-turkiyedeki-faaliyet-izni-kaldirildi-957330.html) — TRT Haber (state) — 2026-09-19
- [BDDK, bir bankanın faaliyet iznini kaldırdı](https://halktv.com.tr/ekonomi/bddk-bir-bankanin-faaliyet-iznini-kaldirdi-1055989h) — Halk TV (opposition) — 2026-09-19

## Other editions

- tr: https://gazete.tv/tr/story/2026-09-18-bddk-bank-mellat-istanbul-subesinin-faaliyet/
- ar: https://gazete.tv/ar/story/2026-09-18-banking-regulator-bddk-revokes-bank-mellat/
- ru: https://gazete.tv/ru/story/2026-09-18-bddk-otozval-litsenziyu-stambulskogo-filiala-bank/

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