ISTANBUL, March 19 (Reuters) - Turkish Islamic bank Turkiye Finans is in the final stage of preparing a sukuk, or Islamic bond, issue which is planned to have a volume of around 100 million lira ($55 million), bankers said.

The bank, majority owned by Saudi Arabia's National Commercial Bank NCMBK.UL , could make the issue within several weeks if market conditions are right, bankers said. Is Investment is mandated for the issue. ($1 = 1.8129 Turkish liras)

(Reporting by Nevzat Devranoglu; Writing by Daren Butler)

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Keywords: TURKIYEFINANS/SUKUK