Balkans.com Business News Correspondent – 20.11.2012
The volume of loans created in Istanbul equaled the combined loan volume recorded by the 76 Turkish provinces in the first nine months of the year, according to data from the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK). The amount of loans residents of Istanbul took out from banks and financial institutions came to nearly 293 billion Turkish Liras.
Istanbul was followed by Ankara with 86.3 billion liras and İzmir with 42.2 billion liras. Antalya, a major tourist destination in the south of Turkey, came in fourth with 24.4 billion liras in the provincial list of loan volumes, Hurriyet Daily News repor
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