Analysis of financial tables in Turkey's commercial banks and an application

Financial statements include information recorded in accounting systems and therefore delivered to opponents, investors and creditors. By definition, financial statements are a means of information communication. Financial statements provide information that supports decision-making process. Recent developments, especially in technology and innovation, had a great impact on banking sector. Banks need to adapt to that immediately. Banks who do not keep up with the developments cannot compete with its opponents and become unable to maintain. The locomotive of economy, namely banking sector, has been affected by depreciation of Turkish Lira and thus had losses for a long time. Despite the conditions, Statements of Income and Financial Statements of banks did not reflect material changes. Being able to seem like a profitable company means that banks can manipulate their financial statements quite well. Therefore, when we analyze activity reports of banks, we need to scrutinize objectively. This paper contains detailed information on banks and their history, importance of accounting for banks, single chart of accounts and information on financial statements. In the application section, it is noted that banks' financial statements need to be analyzed objectively and with focusing on the important points. Therefore, the decision-making process will be healthier and the risk of investors will be reduced. In this study, not only the ratio analyses with numerical examples were given, but also the reality that manipulation of banks' financial statements is introduced. Keywords: Banks, Bank Accounting, Financial Statements, Ratio Analysis