Imperial Ottoman Bank

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bank central bank defunct bank state-chartered bank

The Imperial Ottoman Bank was a 19th–20th century state-chartered bank that functioned as the central bank of the Ottoman Empire and played a key role in its financial and economic affairs.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Imperial Ottoman Bank canonical	2
Bank-ı Osmanî	1
Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane	1
Banque Impériale Ottomane	1
National Bank of Turkey	1
central bank of the Ottoman Empire	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bank ⓘ central bank ⓘ defunct bank ⓘ state-chartered bank ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Imperial Ottoman Bank ⓘ surface form: Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane Imperial Ottoman Bank ⓘ surface form: Banque Impériale Ottomane
architecturalStyleOfHeadquarters	neoclassical architecture ⓘ
archivesLocation	Salt Research, Istanbul ⓘ
branchNetwork	European financial centers ⓘ major Ottoman provincial cities ⓘ
charteredBy	Ottoman authorities ⓘ surface form: Ottoman government
country	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
dissolved	1924 ⓘ
formerHeadquarters	Galata, Istanbul ⓘ
foundedBy	British investors ⓘ French investors ⓘ
function	acted as clearing bank for foreign trade payments ⓘ financed infrastructure projects in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ handled treasury operations for the Ottoman Empire ⓘ served as banker to the Ottoman government ⓘ
grantedMonopolyOn	banknote issuance in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
hasPrivilege	management of Ottoman public debt ⓘ right to issue banknotes ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Constantinople (probable) ⓘ surface form: Constantinople Istanbul ⓘ
inception	1863 ⓘ
industry	banking ⓘ finance ⓘ
involvedIn	Ottoman Public Debt Administration ⓘ financing of ports and infrastructure ⓘ financing of railways in the Ottoman Empire ⓘ
legalStatus	imperial chartered company ⓘ
mainBuildingCompletion	1892 ⓘ
majorShareholder	British capital ⓘ French capital ⓘ
operatedInCurrency	Ottoman lira ⓘ gold lira ⓘ silver coinage ⓘ
operatedInPeriod	early 20th century ⓘ late 19th century ⓘ
operatedInTerritory	Balkans ⓘ Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ
predecessor	Imperial Ottoman Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bank-ı Osmanî
role	Imperial Ottoman Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: central bank of the Ottoman Empire
statusAfter1923	lost central bank functions with creation of modern Turkey ⓘ
successor	Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey ⓘ Türkiye İş Bankası ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ottoman lira → issuer → Imperial Ottoman Bank ⓘ

Imperial Ottoman Bank → role → Imperial Ottoman Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: central bank of the Ottoman Empire

Imperial Ottoman Bank → predecessor → Imperial Ottoman Bank self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bank-ı Osmanî

Imperial Ottoman Bank → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Ottoman Bank ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banque Impériale Ottomane

Imperial Ottoman Bank → alsoKnownAs → Imperial Ottoman Bank ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bank-ı Osmanî-i Şahane

Turkish Petroleum Company → foundedBy → Imperial Ottoman Bank ⓘ

this entity surface form: National Bank of Turkey

Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey → predecessor → Imperial Ottoman Bank ⓘ