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CONVENIENCE TRANSLATION OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S
REPORT ORIGINALLY PREPARED AND ISSUED IN TURKISH
To the Board of Directors of Arap Türk Bankası A.Ş.:
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Arap Türk Bankası A.Ş. (“the Bank”) and its consolidated subsidiaries at 31 December 2014 and
the related consolidated statements of income, cash flows and changes in shareholders’ equity for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting
policies and other explanatory notes to the financial statements.
Disclosure for the responsibility of the Bank’s Board of Directors:
The Bank’s Board of Directors is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting to prevent the misstatements caused
by error or fraud, that are material to the financial statements; and for selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies in compliance with the “Regulation
on Accounting Applications for Banks and Safeguarding of Documents” published on the Official Gazette No.26333 dated 1 November 2006, Turkish Accounting
Standards, Turkish Financial Reporting Standards and other regulations, interpretations and circulars published by the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency
(the “BRSA”) on accounting and financial reporting principles.
Disclosure for the Responsibility of the Authorized Audit Firm:
Our responsibility, as independent auditors, is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. Our independent audit is conducted in
accordance with “Regulation on Authorisation and Activities of Institutions to Conduct Independent Audit in Banks” published on the Official Gazette No.26333
dated 1 November 2006 and Independent Auditing Standards that are part of Turkish Standards on Auditing issued by the Public Oversight Accounting and
Auditing Standards Authority (“POA”). We planned and conducted our audit to obtain reasonable assurance as to whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. Our audit includes using the audit techniques for the purpose of obtaining evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements; the selection of these audit techniques is made in accordance with our professional judgment by taking the effectiveness of the controls over financial
reporting process into consideration and assessing the appropriateness of the applied accounting policies. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for
our opinion.
Basis for the Qualified Opinion:
As mentioned in Section II. Note 7. of Explanations and Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements; as of the balance sheet date, the accompanying financial
statements include a free provision amounting to TL 9,000 thousand which was charged to the income statement as an expense in the current period, provided by
the Bank management in line with the conservatism principle considering the circumstances that may arise from any changes in the economy or market conditions.
Independent Auditor’s Opinion:
In our opinion, except for the effect of the matter described in the “Basis for the qualified opinion” paragraph above on the financial statements, the accompanying
consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Arap Türk Bankası A.Ş. and its consolidated subsidiaries at 31
December 2014 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles and standards set out by
regulations in conformity with Articles 37 and 38 of Banking Act No. 5411 and other regulations, communiques, interpretations and circulars published by the
BRSA on accounting and financial reporting principles.
Report on independent auditor’s other responsibilities arising from regulatory requirements:
In accordance with Article 402 of the Turkish Commercial Code No. 6102 (“TCC”); the Board of Directors submitted to us the necessary explanations and provided
required documents within the context of audit, additionally, no significant matter has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the Bank’s bookkeeping
activities for the period 1 January-31 December 2014 is not in compliance with the code and provisions of the Bank’s articles of association in relation to financial
reporting.
Additional Paragraph for Convenience Translation:
As explained in Note I. of Section Three, the effects of differences between accounting principles and standards set out by regulations in conformity with Articles
37 and 38 of Banking Law No. 5411, accounting principles generally accepted in countries in which the accompanying consolidated financial statements are to be
distributed and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) have not been quantified in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. Accordingly,
the accompanying consolidated financial statements are not intended to present the financial position, results of operations and changes in financial position and
cash flows in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in such countries and IFRS.
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