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The main purpose of this study is to investigate CSR activities of national, foreign and private banks listed in Borsa İstanbul (BIST) 30 Index in Turkey and reveal the differences between these banks in terms of the fulfilment of their social responsibilities. Within this scope; the concept of CSR, CSR definitions, the main reasons of CSR activities and four dimensions of CSR constitute the conceptual framework of the study. On the other hand; shareholder theory, stakeholder theory and institutional theory establish the theoretical framework of this study. In parallel with the study purpose, CSR practises of three different banks listed in BIST 30 Index as of the second quarter of year 2016 were analyzed. The relevant data were acquired from archival sources such as corporate governance compliance reports, annual sustainability reports and official company websites. The qualitative research was considered to be useful method to clarify the differences in social responsibility practises. For this reason, content analysis as a qualitative research method was used in order to investigate CSR activities of banks. Research findings reveal that there are not significant differences between Isbank (private bank) and VakıfBank (national bank) with regard to the fulfilment of their social responsibilities. On the other side, Garanti Bank (foreign bank) implements more CSR practises in comparison with other banks. This dissimilarity is also observed among CSR headings. All in all, a great majority of CSR activities are carried out about environmental conservation and stakeholders.

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