Analyzing the international sentiment of the national stock market and understanding the impact of return and volatility spillovers in stock markets has recently been the subject of study for many researchers and academics. This study analyzes the return and volatility interaction between Borsa Istanbul (BIST) and DJI (US), S&P500 (US), N225 (Japan) and SSE (China) equity indices. In this study, the daily returns of Borsa Istanbul (BIST), DJI (US), S&P500 (US), N225 (Japan) and SSE (China) equity indices are taken into account and the interaction between return and volatility is analyzed with EGARCH and TGARCH models for the period January 2012- December 2022. The study finds volatility spillovers and causality from DJI (US), S&P500 (US) and N225 (Japan) indices to Borsa Istanbul at 1% significance level. According to the results obtained from EGARCH and TGARCH models, BIST is affected by the lagged returns of S&P500 (USA) and N225 (Japan) indices by 0.31 and 0.16 at 1% significance level, respectively, and by the lagged returns of SSE (China) index by 0.04 at 5% significance level. In this context, the S&P500 (US) index has a significant impact on the returns of Borsa Istanbul (BIST), and therefore, when trading or investing in Borsa Istanbul (BIST), it is important to consider the lagged values of the N225 indices, especially the S&P500, for profitable investment.