Özet:

In this study, the relationship between profitability and financial structures of the private capital deposito banks operating in the Banking Sector of Turkey has been studied. In this context, the relationship between the financial structure and profitability indicators obtained from the annual financial statements of the 8 private capital deposit banks registered in the Union of Turkish Banks has been examined by panel data analysis. The study used active profitability and net interest margin as a dependent variable, while the total credit, capital, deposit and bank size were used as an independent variable. The study found that the total credit/active total and the equity ratio have a positive impact on the active profitability and net interest margin. It has been found that the total deposit/active total rate has no effect on active profitability and has a negative effect on net interest margin. The active size has a positive, negative impact on the net interest margin on active profitability.