Islamic finance and factors influencing customer's acceptance of Islamic banking products in Turkey

The Islamic financial system is integrated not only with the economic life of society but also with social and religious life. The main subject of our study, Explaining the reasons for preferring this Islamic finance tools to compare the use of investment products worldwide and in our country and to define the definition of Islamic investment products, usage patterns and customer preferences in Turkey. Semi-structured interview technique has been used as the data collection method. The participants of the study are branch managers who have at least fifteen years of experience in participation banks. Based on the opinions of the branch managers participating in the study, the factors affecting the preference of Islamic financial instruments were defined. the literature review related to the research problem, it was found that Islamic finance products were preferred by customers using participation banking and they had knowledge about this subject.