Turkey Repays $589.60 Million In Foreign Debt

ANKARA - Turkey repaid 589.60 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt between September 1st and 15th, 2004.
The Central Bank data shows that during the said period the Treasury repaid 222.00 million U.S. dollars; the Central Bank repaid 10.50 million U.S. dollars, and the administrations with general and consolidated budget repaid 22.85 million U.S. dollars. 334.25 million U.S. dollars went to the IMF.
Turkey repaid 1,575 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt in January; 2,597 million U.S. dollars in February; 2,349 million U.S. dollars in March; 1,166 million U.S. dollars in April; 1,124 million U.S. dollars in May; 1,225 million U.S. dollars in June; 1,748 million U.S. dollars in July; and 1,192 million U.S. dollars in August.
The IMF was repaid 4,37.25 million U.S. dollars in January-August period.
Turkey has repaid 13,569 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt since the beginning of the year.
Turkey had repaid 15,365 million U.S. dollars in foreign debt in 2003.
(GC-ULG) 16.09.2004