Sustainability Report 2013
Ziraat
1889-1913
World
Ziraat Bank extends credit to the Imperial Treasury for the first time.
  • Financed by means of shares from Ziraat Bank’s profits, the Salonika, Bursa, and Halkalı agricultural schools are opened.
  • Ziraat Bank takes part in the opening of an agricultural fair in Plovdiv.
  • Ziraat Bank extends credit to the Imperial Treasury for the first time.
  • Ziraat Bank supplies credit to supply grain to needy refugees and others in drought-stricken İzmit.
  • Low-cost farming equipment and good-quality seed are made available to farmers in localities along the Anadolu railway line as well as in other towns.
  • Grants-in-aid are provided by Ziraat Bank to the victims of flooding in Tripoli.
  • A project to fund purchases of European agricultural equipment using Ziraat Bank’s capital is studied.
  • Ziraat Bank offices are opened in Kerek, İpek, Prizren, Timişoara, and Karacasu.
  • The İstanbul Emniyet Sandıkları (İstanbul Security Funds), also known as Şefkat Sandıkları (Charity Funds), that were set up as a public social service are placed under the supervision of Ziraat Bank.
  • Ziraat Bank provides drought-stricken Kosovo farmers with low-cost credit on convenient terms.
  • Ziraat Bank opens a branch in Medina.
  • Ziraat Bank branches open in Baghdad and Basra.
  • Needy farmers in Çanakkale and its environs are provided with seed and with surety-backed loans.
  • A law authorizing Ziraat Bank to lend to the Imperial Treasury to finance the war effort is passed and goes into effect.
  • Ziraat Bank branches provide earthquake-stricken farmers with loans.
First and Second Balkan Wars.
  • Wright brothers invent the airplane.
  • First and Second Balkan Wars.
  • The Second Constitutional Era begins.