Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 20 / Trend A. Tagiyeva /
In 2011 the short-term external debt of Turkey increased by 8.2 percent compared with 2010 and amounted to $83.8 billion, the Central Bank of Turkey reported on Monday.
Short-term external debt of Turkish banks increased by 3.1 percent in 2011 and amounted to $52.4 billion. Thus, $24.1 billion of total debt are loans, $7.2 billion - foreign currency deposits, $12.6 billion - bank deposits, $ 8.3 billion - deposits in Turkish lira.
At the end of 2011, deposits in Turkish lira decreased by 52.2 percent, compared with 2010.
In 2011, short-term external debt of non-banking sector in Turkey grew by 20 percent, compared with 2010 and amounted to $30.4 billion.