Relationship between corporate governance and profitability: An emperical analysis from an Iraqi and Turkish bank

The main goal of this study was to investigate the relationship between corporate governance like board profile and ownership structure and financial performance in the banking sector in both of Turkey and Iraq and to configure out if there are differences between them and to achieve this goal we have chosen the commercial bank from Iraq and the AK bank from Turkey The independent factor corporate governance like board profile and ownership structure variables were board profile, information disclosure, and ownership structure , while the dependent variables financial performance was measured in terms of profitability, repayment capacity, solvency, liquidity and financial efficiency. Regression analysis was done to test the relationship between the corporate governance like board profile and ownership structure and financial performance. The findings showed that board profile as a factor of corporate governance like board profile and ownership structure does not have impact on the financial performance in the commercial bank of Iraq. in the contrary the results in the AK bank in turkey supported the literature that the board profile positively influence the financial performance. The results also showed that information disclosure, and ownership structure as a variables of corporate governance like board profile and ownership structure factor positively influence the financial performance in both banks (commercial bank in Iraq and AK bank in Turkey) positively and significantly affects financial performance.