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TURKISH BANKS GIVE 285.5 BLN USD OF LOAN IN 2009

ANKARA (A.A) - 22.03.2010 - Turkish banks granted 285.5 billion USD (428.3 billion TL) of loans in 2009.
According to the data of the Central Bank of Turkey, the loans Turkish banks granted were up 2.8 percent year-on-year in 2009.
The banks lent 277.8 billion USD (416.7 billion TL) of loans in 2008. 
The share of private banks in total loans granted in Turkey was down to 78.3 percent from 81.7 percent in 2009.
Turkey's state banks, Vakiflar Bankasi, Ziraat Bankasi and Halk Bankasi, gave 61.9 billion USD (92.9 billion TL) of loans whereas private banks granted 223.5 billion USD (335.3 billion TL) of loans in 2009.
These figures were 50.8 billion USD (76.2 billion TL) and 227 billion USD (340.5 billion TL) in 2008 respectively.
Thus, the loans of state banks were up 21.9 percent, whereas the loans of private banks were down 1.5 percent year-on-year in 2009.
Istanbul had a lions share in bank loans in 2009, getting 48.4 percent of total loans, in other words 138.2 billion USD (207.4 billion TL) of loans.
Ankara followed Istanbul with 39.4 billion USD (59.2 billion TL) of loans, and the Aegean province of Izmir was the third in bank loans with 14.7 billion USD (22.1 billion TL) of loans. 
According to Central Bank's data, loans granted to Istanbul were down in 2009 over 2008, whereas those given to Ankara and Izmir were up

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