2022 INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT
CREDIT RATINGS ASSIGNED BY RATING AGENCIES

The international credit rating agency Fitch Ratings downgraded Turkey’s long-term credit rating to “B” on 8 July, 2022 and announced a negative outlook. Subsequently, on 26 July 2022, the institution, which took negative action for 25 Turkish banks, downgraded Ziraat Bank’s long-term foreign currency rating to “B-”, its long-term local currency rating to “B” and its financial capacity rating to “b-” while announcing its support rating as “no support” - “ns”.

The international credit rating agency Moody’s downgraded Turkey’s long-term credit rating to “B3” on 12 August 2022. Later, on 16 August 2022, the institution, which carried out downward revisions to the ratings of 17 Turkish banks, downgraded Ziraat Bank’s long-term local and foreign currency bond and deposit ratings to “B3” and changed its negative rating outlook to stable.

On 13 January 2023, Ziraat Bank’s Long Term International Local and Foreign Currency credit ratings were affirmed by JCR Eurasia with the outlook for the ratings revised as “Negative”. In addition, JCR Eurasia updated the Bank’s Short-Term National credit rating from “A-1+(Trk)” to “J1+(tr)” within the scope of the change in the grading methodology.

The current credit rating scores of Ziraat Bank are listed in the table below.

Rating Agency

Category

Rating

Revision Date

Fitch Ratings

Foreign Currency Long Term IDR

B-

July 2022

Outlook

Negative

Foreign Currency Short Term IDR

B

Local Currency Long Term IDR

B

Outlook

Negative

Local Currency Short Term IDR

B

National Long-Term Rating

AA (tur)

Outlook

Stable

Government Support Rating

ns

Viability Rating

b-

 

Moody’s

Outlook

Stable

August 2022

Long-Term Bank Deposit Foreign Currency

B3

Short-Term Bank Deposit Foreign Currency

Not-Prime

Long-Term Bank Deposit Domestic Currency

B3

Short-Term Bank Deposit Domestic Currency

Not-Prime

Long-Term Bonds Foreign Currency

B3

Baseline Credit Assessment

caa1

Adjusted Baseline Credit Assessment

caa1

 

 

 

 

JCR Eurasia

Long-Term International Foreign Currency

BB

January 2023

Outlook

Negative

Long-Term International Local Currency

BB

Outlook

Negative

Long-Term National Local Rating

AAA (tr)

Outlook

Stable

Short-Term International Foreign Currency

J1+(tr)

Outlook

Stable

 

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