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PART I: INTRODUCTION
30
TH
SEASON IN VOLLEYBALL
VakıfBank Volleyball Women’s Team celebrated
its 30
th
anniversary in the season 2015-2016,
and in the start of the season, organized a
majestic press conference to announce its latest
transfers and new jerseys. The team, which
made its mark at the finals in 2015, shared with
the press its objectives for the new season and
introduced the players which recently joined its
ranks.
FINANCING SUPPORT FOR THE
3
RD
AIRPORT
The financing agreement for İstanbul’s third
airport, the largest project ever in the history
of the Turkish Republic, was signed in october.
The EUR 4.5 billion loan package created by
VakıfBank and five other banks was allocated
to the İstanbul Grand Airport consortium which
will develop the project. President Recep Tayyip
Erdoğan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu
also participated in the event, where the loan
agreement for the first stage of the project,
which includes three north to south runways
with an annual aggregate passenger capacity of
90 million, was signed.
THE TMO KART SUPPORTS PRODUCERS
VakıfBank has launched the TMO Kart, which
provides immense convenience to producers or
merchants who sell wheat, barley, corn or rice
to Turkish Grain Board (TMO). Enabling producers
or merchants to receive payments quickly for
their products delivered to the TMO, VakıfBank
TMO Kart can also be used in other banking
transactions.
