The Determinants of Profitability Large-Scale and Small Scale Turkish Deposit Banks

This paper aims to explore the bank-specific and macroeconomic determinants of banks’ profitability by dividing Turkish deposit banks into large-scale small-scale entities. For this purpose, panel data analysis was applied using a fixed effects model, based on quarterly for period from March 2009 September 2020 24 banks. Return assets return equity are used as measure profitability. According results, differ between With respect determinants, findings show that equity/assets, deposits/assets liquidity ratio have significant impact banks, whereas they no relationship with The is negatively affected their asset quality ratios. On other hand, while loans total has non-performing loan positive impact. While size income-expense ratios impacts exhibit regard indicators, economic growth, whilst not. study aimed contribute literature analysing under classification