Turkey Repays Usd 589.54 Million In Foreign

ANKARA - Turkey repaid a total of 589.54 million U.S. dollars in external debt between January 1-29, 2003.
The Central Bank data show that the Treasury repaid 469.90 million U.S. dollars; the Central Bank repaid 19.60 million U.S. dollars; and the administrations with general and consolidated budget paid the remaining 38.47 million U.S. dollars.
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 billion 615 million dollars in May, 1 billion 337.9 million U.S. dollars in June, 829.7 million U.S. dollars in July, 558.3 million U.S. dollars in August, 726.5 million U.S. dollars in September, 919.1 million U.S. dollars in October, 732.9 million U.S. dollars in November and 1 billion 483.9 million U.S. dollars in December.
The total external debt repayments in 2002 had been 17 billion 365.1 million U.S. dollars.