On 5 June 2018, Prof. Dr. Ziya Akıncı, chairman of the executive board of ISTAC, deputy chairman Mustafa Çıkrıkçıoğlu and members of the executive board Müjdat Keçeci and M. Rıfat Bacanlı visited the chairman of the executive board of Istanbul Stock Exchange (BIST) and discussed the opportunities of cooperation between ISTAC and BIST.