अनुबाद गर्नुपर्ने भाषा: अंग्रेजी
For a while it was operated by the people and afterwards run by the Byzantine, Armenian and Jewish bankers of Galata who in return paid a certain amount of tax to the state.
It was nationalised in 1912 by turning it over to the Ministry of Finance. From this date onwards to the present, it is state-operated.