In his address at the Opening Bell Ceremony, Korkmaz Ergun, the CEO of Borsa İstanbul A.Ş., stated the following:

“Distinguished guests,

Today, I welcome you all to your home, to the Opening Bell Ceremony hosted by our Exchange as we celebrate the listing of A1 Capital Yatırım Menkul Değerler A.Ş. at our Exchange.

A1 Capital has been providing successful services in our capital markets for years. I would like to congratulate and thank them.

Intermediary institutions are our most significant stakeholders and business partners. Our common goal is to increase our trading volume and liquidity, and to ensure that capital market reaches its potential.

In recent years, we have made significant progress together with our intermediary institutions in achieving these goals, and we have achieved rapid growth momentum.

We have reached 40-50 IPOs per year and an IPO amount exceeding 20 billion TL. In the first half of 2023, we reached 20 IPOs and an IPO amount of 26 billion TL.

Thanks to the IPOs, the number of companies traded on our Stock Exchange increased from 394 to 505.

Our daily average trading volume in the Equity Market increased from 26 billion TL to 100 billion TL.

Similarly, our average daily trading volume in the Debt Securities Market exceeded 100 billion TL. In debt securities issuances, we are moving towards the target of 2000 issuances per year and an issuance amount of 400 billion TL.

Distinguished guests,

The year 2023, which is the 100th anniversary of the foundation of our Republic, is also the 150th anniversary of the establishment of Borsa İstanbul. I would like to extend my thanks to all our intermediary institutions, portfolio management companies and all employees in banks for their devoted efforts.

A1 Capital launched an outstanding IPO with an IPO revenue of 875 million TL and a sale to 750 thousand investors.

I would like to extend my thanks to everyone who contributed to this successful IPO process, especially the esteemed managers and employees of our intermediary institution. I wish this successful IPO to be auspicious for our capital markets.”