Accounting frauds made i̇n banks within the scope of forensic accounting: Analysis of judicial cases i̇n Gaziantep province

Rapid developments in technology have changed the effect of globalization, committed crimes and the nature of deceptions, and it has become impossible to find these professionally committed crimes by traditional methods. Work has been initiated to develop new methods and techniques against these crimes and tricks that have emerged in recent years. These studies have led to the emergence of a new area called "forensic accounting" in Turkish. In recent years, judicial accounting, which is frequently applied in the world, refers to taking advantage of accounting, auditing and research capabilities in judicial problems. The aim of this study is to increase awareness in the country by providing information about the profession of accountancy and to examine qualitatively the accounting frauds made in the banks in the city of Gaziantep and transferred to the judiciary. It is also necessary to interpret the importance of the forensic accountancy profession in the detection of bank frauds from the findings of the conclusions of qualitative examination of the accounting frauds experienced in the banks that have been transferred to the judiciary. In this research, firstly literature search was done about the profession of cheating, cheating supervision and cheating supervisor and deceives covered by this profession, especially those made in the bank. In the second part, the concept of forensic accounting, bankruptcy crimes related to the profession of accountancy and especially accounting frauds are explained with the help of various sources. Finally, the data in the case files related to the accounting fraud incidents that took place in Gaziantep province and transferred to the judiciary were collected and qualitative analysis was carried out in MAXQDA 12 program. Key Words: Forensic Accounting, Fraud, Case Analysis, Bank Accounting Credits.