3.4.3 Independent Audit Report Drawn up in Compliance with the Central Bank Law and Related Legislation

To the Board of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

Ankara

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (the "Bank") which comprise the balance sheet as of 31 December 2012 and the related statement of income, statement of cash flows and statement of changes in equity for the year then ended and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes.

Bank Management’s responsibility for the financial statements

The Bank Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with the Law of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and related legislation. This responsibility includes designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies, and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances.

Auditor’s responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with The International Standards on Auditing. These standards require compliance with ethical principles and that the audit is conducted as planned to provide reasonable assurance regarding the absence of error.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Independent Auditor’s Opinion

In our opinion, the accompanying financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Bank as of 31 December 2012 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with the Law of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey and related legislation.

Additional Paragraph for English Translation

The effect of the differences between the accounting principles summarized in Section I - A - (2) and the accounting principles generally accepted in countries in which the accompanying financial statements are to be distributed and International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") have not been quantified and reflected in the accompanying financial statements. The accounting principles used in the preparation of the accompanying financial statements differ materially from IFRS. Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements are not intended to present the Bank’s financial position and results of its operations in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in such countries of users of the financial statements and IFRS.

DRT BAĞIMSIZ DENETİM VE SERBEST MUHASEBECİ MALİ MÜŞAVİRLİK A.Ş.

Member of DELOITTE TOUCHE TOHMATSU LIMITED

Müjde Şehsuvaroğlu
Partner
İstanbul, 25 February 2013