Turkey Repays $1.2 Bn In Foreign Debt

ANKARA - Turkey repaid 1.2 billion U.S. dollars in foreign debt between October 1st and 27th, 2004.
The Central Bank data show that during the said period the Treasury repaid 682.60 million U.S. dollars; the Central Bank repaid 71.30 million U.S. dollars, and the administrations with general and consolidated budget repaid 22.39 million U.S. dollars. IMF was repaid 498.75 million U.S. dollars.
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; 1,192 million U.S. dollars in August; and 1,40 million U.S. dollars in September.
Turkey has repaid 15.2 billion U.S. dollars in external debt since the beginning of the year.
Turkey had repaid 15.3 billion U.S. dollars in foreign debt last year.
(BRC-MS) 28.10.2004