There was a withdrawal of 21 billion lira from exchange-rate protected deposit accounts last week. The decrease in exchange-rate protected Turkish lira deposits and participation accounts continues. Exchange-rate protected Turkish lira deposits and participation accounts decreased from 846.6 billion lira to 825.4 billion lira. During the same week, loans increased from 16 trillion 857.6 billion lira to 17 trillion 60.7 billion lira, while deposits increased from 19 trillion 803.7 billion lira to 19 trillion 997.3 billion lira. The data covers the week ending on March 6th.