Turkey's Treasury to repay $8.65B debt in June-Aug.

Treasury will borrow $6.77B from domestic markets over next 3 months, says Treasury and Finance Ministry

By Gokhan Ergocun

ISTANBUL (AA) - The Turkish Treasury will repay debt of 50.5 billion Turkish liras ($8.65 billion) in June-August, the Treasury and Finance Ministry announced on Friday.

The Treasury will repay 9.1 billion Turkish liras ($1.56 billion) in external debt, including 4.8 billion lira ($822.2 million) in interest payments.

A total of 41.3 billion liras ($7.1 billion) of domestic debt redemption is also projected, with around 42% of this in interest payments.

According to the ministry's borrowing strategy, the Treasury will borrow 39.5 billion Turkish liras ($6.77 billion) from domestic markets in the next three months.

The Treasury has projected to hold 14 bond auctions and a direct sale of lease certificates -- no planned external borrowing -- in June-August.

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