Abstract
By modeling the volatility structure of banks, the characteristic structure of risks and uncertainties that concern the economy as well as banks are revealed. In this study, it is aimed to estimate the volatility of stock returns of banks in Turkey. The review period of the study is January 5, 2010 - December 31, 2020. The return volatility of banks' stocks was estimated with the nonlinear asymmetric conditional volatility analysis method (APGARCH) proposed by Ding, Granger, and Engle (1993). In the study, first of all, the stability of returns, ARCH effect, asymmetry structure, and linearity properties are tested. Then, with the APGARCH model, it was revealed that the shock in the return volatility of banks has high permanence, has an asymmetry effect and has a long-term memory feature. The findings support that the existence of Fractal Market Hypothesis rather than the Efficient Market Hypothesis in the stock return volatility of the banks in Turkey. Accordingly, dependency on stock prices has been determined. Therefore, it can be said that investors take into account the assumptions of technical analysis.