The Impact of Capital Structure on Performance in Turkish Banking Sector

This study aims to assessment of the impact of Turkish banking sector capital structure on bank performances. In this regard, the study also examines whether a diversification occurs between development, investment banks, and deposit banks in terms of the impact of capital structure on bank performance. In this study, it was used 2005/Q4-2017/Q3 data of banks and ROA (Return on Asset) was selected as a proxy of the performance of the banks. On the other hand, the study used last term ROA, Total Debt/Total Asset, Non-performing loans/ Total Asset (control variable) as independent variables. The findings of the study reveal that negative relationship exists between capital structure and ROA and also the findings show there is a significant difference between development, investment bank and deposit banks performances regarding the impact of capital structure on the bank performance