Performance Evaluation and Ranking of Turkish Private Banks Using AHP and TOPSIS

Measuring performance and determining the key factors of performance have been an important research topic in different sector in recent years. The main goal of this study is to evaluate the performance ranks of the private banks in Turkey due to the fact that performances of private banks are important at the stage of economic growth. In this research, the private banks in Turkey ranked by TOPSIS method using weights of capital ratios obtained from AHP. The performance ranks of private banks sorted according to their TOPSIS scores for the period 2009-2013. In this study, capital ratios of Turkish private banks are placed in a hierarchical decision structure to establish pairwise comparisons between the model parameters which are based on the subjective judgment of a group of experts. , In order to find the performance order of the private banks in Turkey according to capital ratios, calculated criteria and sub-criteria weights for each banks by using AHP to use in TOPSIS method. Performance scores of private the banks obtained by TOPSIS method related with banks’ capital ratios of AHP weights. Consequently, the performances and also the sector share of the private banks weren't changed for analyzed period.