Turkey Repays U.S.D. 308.87 Million In Foreign Debt Between August 1-14

ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 308.87 million U.S. dollars in external debt between August 1 and 14, 2002.
The Central Bank data show that the Treasury repaid 265.4 million U.S. dollars; the Central Bank repaid 18.94 million U.S. dollars; and the administrations with general and consolidated budget paid the remaining 24.53 million U.S. dollars.
Meanwhile, a total of 13 billion 253.45 million U.S. dollars of external debt was repaid from the beginning of the year until August 14, 2002.
According to statistics, Turkey repaid 503.7 million U.S. dollars in January, 7 billion 324.3 million U.S. dollars in February, 823.5 million U.S. dollars in March, 510.5 million dollars in April, 1.6 billion dollars in May, 1 billion 337.90 million U.S. dollars in June and 852.29 million U.S. dollars in July.
The total external debt repayments in 2001 had been 13 billion 53.9 million U.S. dollars.