Dear Stakeholders,
In 2015, global economic growth has maintained its moderate growth, but
could not reach a strong and steady appearance. Continuing deceleration
in Chinese economy, and low level of commodity prices, play an important
role in the global economic agenda. Portfolio flows to the developing
countries, also including our country, have shown a weak trend, while
exchange rate volatility remained high in this period. In U.S.A., in spite of
recovery in economic activity, as the inflation is below the target, and in the
light of developments in global economy, the expectation that a significant
interest rate increase will not be materialized in 2016 is gradually gaining
momentum. In addition to the growth rate being lower than past years, the
developing countries will be required to overcome the problems of liquidity
shortage and high volatility caused by the distorted risk perception.
Much-debated and discussed issues of agenda of the Turkish economy
in 2015 were devaluation of TL, low growth rate, increasing inflation, and
probable impacts and reflections of FED’s interest increase on the Turkish
economy. The electoral process spread over a long period has also been
effective on the deceleration in economic activity in 2015, and particularly
under the effects of aforementioned global conditions, Turkish Lira has been
exposed to a substantial devaluation, and our country has remained below
its growth potential. The year 2015 is forecasted to be closed with a growth
rate of 3%, and a strong performance is not expected in 2016. The fact that
the government has revised its Medium-Term Plan targets, and reduced its
2016 growth forecast from 5% to 4%, and its 2017 growth forecast from 5%
to 4.5%, indicates that the effects of global stagnation on our country will
continue in medium-term.
Under these conditions of deceleration in growth and increase in credit
risks, our Company, thanks to remarkable efforts of all our employees, has
recorded a selective growth, and maintained its asset quality and profitability
oriented strategy, with its total assets reaching 5.5 billion TL with a rise of
21.8% over the past year, and its net leasing receivables reaching 3.3 billion
TL with a rise of 15.7%. Focused on high added value projects and standing
firm on service quality, our Company has shown a superior performance also
in portfolio and risk management. Our Company has successfully closed
the year 2015 taking sides with all investors adding value to our national
economy, and we believe it will continue its steady growth also in 2016.
We are hereby presenting to your kind consideration and approval our
2015 activity report, financial statements and net profit distribution proposal
prepared in strict compliance with the Capital Markets Law and other
pertinent laws and regulations.
I, both in my own name and in the name of our Board of Directors, express
my gratitude to all our business partners and customers giving support to our
Company since its foundation, and to our employees playing an important
role in our privileged services offered and in our outstanding success
achieved.