Turkey Repays $2 Billion 96.5 Million In Foreign Debt

ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 2 billion 96.5 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt between March 1 and 24, 2004.
The Central Bank data show that the Treasury repaid 4 billion 801.3 million U.S. dollars; the Central Bank repaid 105.7 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 1 billion 263.7 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 15 billion 365.7 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt since the beginning of the year.
Turkey had repaid 11 billion 498.3 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt in 2003.
(AY) 25.03.2004