Sukuk (Lease Certificate), New Locomotive of Global Islamic Finance. A Comparison with Sukuk Market of Turkey (2010-2018

Essay from the year 2019 in the subject Economics - Other, Giresun University (Institute of Social Sciences), language: English, abstract: With the new products emerging in Islamic finance, the dynamics of the industry have begun to change. The sukuks were initially issued to attract the funds of the gulf countries and but it has become known all over the world over time. The aim of this paper is to intruduce Sukuk that has become one of the most important and popular products of today's Islamic finance industry. With this study, we will also investigate to look at differences between Turkey and Global sukuk market in terms of theirs volume, market share, the total amount of issuances and market structures. This paper has been divided into two parts. The first part deals with how the global sukuk market had been established and developed. The second part begins by laying out the Turkish sukuk market and its development process, and investigates the similarities and differences between Turkish and global sukuk market. The result of this paper shows that sukuk market of Turkey have a large number of structural problems. Nevertheless, it is seen that growth rate of Turkish Sukuk Market is higher than growth rate of global sukuk market. This paper can be used as a guide by sukuk investors. It was also aimed to detect obstacles in the growth of sukuk in Turkey, compared to global sukuk market and made a suggestion to whom it may concern.