Turkey repays 578.18 million USD in foreign debt in Jan. 1-18

ANKARA (A.A) - January 19, 2012 - Turkey repaid 578.18 million USD in foreign debt between January 1 and 18, 2012, the Central Bank said on Thursday. According to Central Bank's weekly data, total debt repaid by the Turkish Treasury alone was 548.95 million USD. Turkey repaid a total of 12.8 billion USD in foreign debt in 2011.