The Accounting Department Collection
(815 Entries)
 includes
the most complete and continuous series, reaching as far back
as the foundation of the first Ottoman Bank in 1856. The major
series are:
 Cash books
(1858-1922, 155 volumes)
Day books
(1856-1934, 233 volumes)
Ledgers (1865-1966,
24 volumes)
Foreign exchange
operation books (1930-1933, 16 volumes)
Books of
operations with major institutions (1863-1943, 139 volumes)
Day books
of the Imperial Treasury accounts and of the Imperial Government
accounts (1883-1918, 55 volumes)
Branches
day books (1877-1950, 154 volumes)
The Legal Affairs Department
(9,327 entries)
 constitutes
one of the most fascinating part of the archives. The major
series concerning various types of dealings of the bank with
its clientele could be enumerated as:
Correspondence
of the department (1884-1933, 111 volumes)
Legal affairs
files (1880-1939; 9,216 files) as advances on securities,
life insurances, real estates and mortgages, unpaid debts,
litigation, outstanding bills, procurations, inheritance for
foreigners and for Ottoman and Turkish citizens.
The Management Collection
(10,291 entries)
 mainly
centralised by the secretariat of Executive Committee or board
of directors, is the backbone of the collection. The collection
gives access to the core of the administration and includes
basically the following series:
Documents
related to the concession and statutes of the bank (1875-1953,
14 files)
Documents
relating to the annual meetings of shareholders (1906-1999,
99 booklets and files)
Minutes and
weekly reports of the board of directors' meetings (1895-1954,
152 volumes)
Minutes of
the administrative committee meetings (1912-1953, 18 volumes)
Correspondence
with Paris and London, branches and inspectors (1894-1955,
605 volumes and files)
Correspondence
and contracts with the Government (undated, 1886-1952; 103
entries)
Fiscal affairs
files (1894-1949, 33 files)
The Issue Department Collection
(155 entries)
 includes
a large number of documents related to the Imperial Ottoman
Bank privilege of issuing banknotes. The series are:
Correspondence
concerning issues and withdrawals (1946-1948, 1 file)
Banknote
books including numbering, issue and cancellation (1863-1943,
154 volumes)
Ottoman Bank
banknotes (not inventoried)
Other countries
bank notes (not inventoried)
Kaimes (not
inventoried)
Thee Real Estates Department Collection
(336 entries)
 comprises
various documents of the real estates management. The series
are:
Miscellaneous
documents on the bank's real estates (37 files)
Photographs
and photograph albums of branches (undated, 1892-1999; 294
entries)
Real estates
books (undated, 1884-1910; 6 volumes)
The Operation Department Collection
(10,121 entries)
 includes
different documents produced by the major customer service.
Mainly centralised on the safekeeping and management of stocks
and bonds accounts, the series are:
Stocks &
bonds receipts (undated, 1907-1937; 3,394 entries)
Stocks and
bonds deposit cards (A-Z, 1901-1918; 5,456 entries)
Turkish bonds
conversion files (1933-1935, 888 entries)
Income tax
cheques (1942-1944, 138 entries)
Stocks and
bonds (231 different entries)
Stocks and
bonds deposit books (1918-1919, 12 volumes)
The Personnel Department Collection
(9,430 entries)
 constitutes
one of the richest and interesting sources for the 'human'
dimension of the bank with possibilities of analysis of a
large number of individuals of extremely varied social, economic,
religious or ethnic backgrounds. The series are:
Minutes of
the personnel committee (1927-1954, 28 volumes)
Correspondence
of the personnel department (undated, 1883-1939; 506 volumes
and files)
Documents
of the pension and retirement fund (undated 1922-1949; 36
volumes and files)
Personnel
lists (undated, 1865-1889; 5 books)
Personnel
files (1867-1933; 5,636 files)
Photograph
albums and individual photos (undated, 1863-1996; 3,212 entries)
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