A bank, particularly in developing countries like Turkey, is one of the most important institutions in the financial sector. Therefore knowing the factors affecting the performance of banks is important for the development of the sector. One of the factors affecting the risk and profitability of banking sector is the internal factors of the banks. The aim of this paper is to investigate the board of directors’ characteristics and its effect on risk level measured by non-performing loans and on bank performance measured by asset profitability using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) estimator. Data from nineteen deposit banks for the period 2012–2018 were used. The result of the study determined that the board size, foreign board members and the independent board members have an effect on both non-performing loans and the return on assets.

The aim of this study is to analyze the dynamics of the housing market in Turkey’s economy and to examine the impact of variables related to housing prices. Preferred by many international housing investors, Turkey hosts profitable real estate investments as one of the developing countries with a shining housing market. This study applies the dynamic model averaging (DMA) methodology to predict monthly house price growth. With the increasing use of information technologies, Google online searches are incorporated into the study. For this purpose, twelve independent variables, with the Residential Property Price Index as the dependent variable, were used in the period January 2010–December 2019. According to the analysis results, it was observed that some variables, such as bond yields, the level of mortgages, foreign direct investments, unemployment, industrial production, exchange rates, and Google Trends index, are determinants of the Residential Property Price Index.

Bir işletmenin varlığını devam ettirebilmesi ve büyümesi rakipleriyle mücadele edebilme yeteneğine, yani rekabet gücüne bağlıdır. İşletmenin rekabet gücünün sağlıklı biçimde tespit edilebilmesi de söz konusu işletmenin finansal performansının ölçülmesi ve analiz edilmesi ile gerçekleşmektedir. Bu araştırmanın amacı, BIST Ana Metal Endeksinde (XMANA) yer alan işletmelerin finansal performanslarının değerlendirilmesidir. Çalışmanın uygulamasında BIST Ana Metal Endeksinde yer alan firmaların likidite oranları, faaliyet oranları, finansal yapı, kârlılık ve borsa-performans oranlarından sık kullanılan oranlar belirlenerek TOPSİS Analizi ile karşılaştırma yapılmıştır. Uygulanan analiz sonucunda sektörde faaliyet gösteren firmaların finansal performanslarının farklılık gösterdiği ve işletmelerin 2011-2015 dönemleri arasında performanslarında değişkenlik olduğu görülmüştür.