BASE PROSPECTUS Yapı ve Kredi Bankası A.Ş. U.S.$1,250,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme Under this U.S.$1,250,000,000 Global Medium Term Note Programme (the “Programme”), Yapı ve Kredi Bankası A.Ş., a Turkish banking institution organised as a public joint stock company (the “Bank” or the “Issuer”), may from time to time issue notes (the “Notes”) denominated in any currency agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer (as defined below). Notes may be issued in bearer or registered form (respectively “Bearer Notes” and “Registered Notes”). The maximum aggregate nominal amount of all Notes from time to time outstanding under the Programme will not exceed U.S.$1,250,000,000 (or its equivalent in other currencies calculated as described in the Programme Agreement described herein), subject to increase as described herein. The Notes may be issued on a continuing basis to: (a) one or more of the Dealers specified under “Overview of the Group and the Programme” and any additional Dealer appointed under the Programme from time to time by the Issuer (each a “Dealer” and together the “Dealers”), which appointment may be for a specific issue or on an ongoing basis, and/or (b) one or more investors purchasing Notes directly from the Issuer. References in this Base Prospectus to the “relevant Dealer” shall, in the case of an issue of Notes being (or intended to be) subscribed by more than one Dealer, be to all Dealers agreeing to subscribe such Notes. An investment in Notes issued under the Programme involves certain risks. For a discussion of these risks see “Risk Factors”. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or any U.S. State securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States to, or for the account or the benefit of, U.S. persons, as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act (“U.S. person”) unless an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available. See “Form of the Notes” for a description of the manner in which Notes will be issued. This Base Prospectus has been approved by the Central Bank of Ireland as competent authority under Directive 2003/71/EC as amended (including the amendments made by Directive 2010/73/EU) (the “Prospectus Directive”). The Central Bank of Ireland only approves this Base Prospectus as meeting the requirements imposed under Irish and European Union (“EU”) law pursuant to the Prospectus Directive. Such approval relates only to Notes that are to be admitted to trading on the regulated market of the Irish Stock Exchange (the “Main Securities Market”) or on another regulated market for the purposes of Directive 2004/39/EC (the “Markets in Financial Instruments Directive”) and/or that are to be offered to the public in any member state of the European Economic Area in circumstances that require the publication of a prospectus. Application has been made to the Irish Stock Exchange for Notes issued under the Programme during the period of 12 months from the date of this Base Prospectus to be admitted to its official list (the “Official List”) and trading on the Main Securities Market. References in this Base Prospectus to the Notes being “listed” (and all related references) shall mean that, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Final Terms, the Notes have been admitted to the Official List and trading on the Main Securities Market. The Programme provides that Notes may be listed or admitted to trading, as the case may be, on such other or further stock exchanges or markets as may be agreed between the Issuer and the relevant Dealer. The Issuer may also issue unlisted Notes and/or Notes not admitted to trading on any market. Application has been made to the Capital Markets Board of Turkey (the “CMB”), in its capacity as competent authority under Law No. 6362 (the “Capital Markets Law”) of the Republic of Turkey (“Turkey”) relating to capital markets, for the issuance and sale of Notes by the Bank outside of Turkey. No Tranche of Notes can be sold before the necessary approvals and an approved issuance certificate in respect of such Tranche are obtained from the CMB. The CMB approval relating to the issuance of Notes based upon which any offering of the Notes will be conducted was obtained on 23 May 2013 and numbered 29833736-105.03.01-1694 (the “CMB Approval”), and the approved issuance certificate will be obtained from the CMB before any sale and issuance of the Notes. Under current Turkish tax law, withholding tax may apply to payments of interest on the Notes. See “Taxation – Certain Turkish Tax Considerations”. Notice of the aggregate nominal amount of Notes, interest (if any) payable in respect of Notes, the issue price of Notes and certain other information which is applicable to each Tranche (as defined under “Terms and Conditions of the Notes”) of Notes will be set out in a final terms document (the “Final Terms”) which, with respect to Notes to be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, will be filed with the Central Bank of Ireland. Copies of such Final Terms will also be published on the Central Bank of Ireland’s website at www.centralbank.ie. and on the Irish Stock Exchange’s website at www.ise.ie. The Programme is expected to be rated BBB by Fitch Ratings Ltd. (“Fitch”) and Baa2 by Moody’s Investors Service Limited (“Moody’s” and, together with Fitch and Standard & Poor’s Credit Market Services Europe Limited (“S&P”), the “Rating Agencies”). Each of the Rating Agencies is established in the European Union and is registered under Regulation (EC) No. 1060/2009 (as amended) (the “CRA Regulation”). As such, each of the Rating Agencies is included in the list of credit rating agencies published by the European Securities and Markets Authority on its website (at http://www.esma.europa.eu/page/List-registered-and-certified-CRAs) in accordance with the CRA Regulation. Notes issued under the Programme may be rated by either Fitch or Moody’s or unrated. Where a Tranche of Notes is rated, such rating will be disclosed in the Final Terms and will not necessarily be the same as the rating assigned to the Programme by Fitch or Moody’s, as the case may be. A security rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to suspension, reduction or withdrawal at any time by the assigning rating agency. Arrangers Deutsche Bank UniCredit Bank Dealers Citigroup Commerzbank Deutsche Bank J.P. Morgan HSBC Standard Chartered Bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities UniCredit Bank The date of this Base Prospectus is 20 September 2013. This Base Prospectus comprises a base prospectus for the purposes of the Prospectus Directive. The Issuer accepts responsibility for the information contained in this Base Prospectus and the Final Terms for each Tranche of Notes issued under the Programme. To the best of the knowledge of the Issuer (having taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case) the information contained in this Base Prospectus is in accordance with the facts and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information. This Base Prospectus is to be read in conjunction with all documents which are deemed to be incorporated herein by reference (see “Documents Incorporated by Reference”). This Base Prospectus shall be read and construed on the basis that such documents are incorporated in, and form part of, this Base Prospectus. To the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Dealers accept any responsibility for the information contained or incorporated by reference in this Base Prospectus or any other information provided by the Issuer in connection with the Programme or for any statement inconsistent with this Base Prospectus made, or purported to be made, by a Dealer or on its behalf in connection with the Programme. Each Dealer accordingly disclaims all and any liability that it might otherwise have (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) in respect of the accuracy or completeness of any such information or statements. No person is or has been authorised by the Issuer to give any information or to make any representation not contained in or not consistent with this Base Prospectus or the relevant Final Terms and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorised by the Issuer or any of the Dealers. This Base Prospectus and the relevant Final Terms (i) are not intended to provide the basis of any credit or other evaluation and (ii) should not be considered as a recommendation by the Issuer or any of the Dealers that any recipient of this Base Prospectus or the relevant Final Terms. Each investor contemplating purchasing any Notes should determine for itself the relevance of the information contained or incorporated in this Base Prospectus and make its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs, and its own appraisal of the creditworthiness, of the Issuer based upon such investigation as it deems necessary. Neither this Base Prospectus nor the relevant Final Terms constitutes an offer or invitation by or on behalf of the Issuer or any of the Dealers to any person to subscribe for or to purchase any Notes. Neither the delivery of this Base Prospectus nor the offering, sale or delivery of any Notes shall in any circumstances imply that the information contained herein concerning the Issuer is correct at any time subsequent to the date hereof.