Opening a Deposit Bank Account

After your arrival to Sabancı University, you may need to make some official payments or transfer money from your home country to Turkey. For example, there may be reasons such as dormitory payments and your Erasmus grant being deposited in your account. In this case, you may need to open a deposit bank account.

In most cases, our university students open a deposit bank account with Akbank, an official bank in Turkey, and make money transfers or official payments via this bank. However, do not worry, there is an Akbank branch on our campus and you can go there and open a deposit bank account.

The Campus branch of Akbank is located on the first floor of the University Center. ATMs are located on the first floor of University Center and D-2 Building. Bank hours: 8:30-12:30 and 13:00-16:45 during the week from Monday till Friday.

Some documents may be requested from you in order to open a deposit bank account. These can be the following documents and please do not forget that you may be asked additional documents:

·Passport

·Tax ID number

·Student certificate and/or student ID card

·Address document: A dormitory certificate which can be obtained from the dorm office at the top of the health center should be submitted. If you don’t stay at the dorms, you can submit a rental agreement or an invoice proving your stay at a place with your name and address on it.

Important Notes:

• If you are an Erasmus and exchange program student, you can close this account before you leave Turkey.
• Please do not forget that there can be deductions/commission cuts during the transaction of money between your home bank account and the Turkish bank account.