Membership is compulsory for commercial and investment banks operating in Turkey.
[1] Its activities include conducting policy-related research and collecting statistics.
TBB has a General Assembly, which consist of representatives from member banks.
General Assembly elects Board of Directors proportional to banks' year-end total assets.
Participation banks, which operate as Islamic banking, are not obliged to be a TBB member, but obliged to join a similar association, The Participation Banks Association of Turkey.