Turkey Repays $2 Billion In Foreign Debt

ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 2 billion 37.82 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt between March 1 and 17, 2004.
The Central Bank data show that the Treasury repaid 1 billion 685.70 million U.S. dollars; the Central Bank repaid 8.89 million U.S. dollars, and the administrations with general and consolidated budget paid the remaining 5.68 million U.S. dollars. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) was repaid 337.55 million U.S. dollars.
Turkey repaid 1 billion 575.33 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt in January, and 2 billion 597.18 million U.S. dollars in February.
Meanwhile, Turkey has repaid 6 billion 211.04 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt since the beginning of the year.
Turkey had repaid 15 billion 365.67 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt in 2003.
(UK-AÖ) 18.03.2004