By Tuba Ongun
The Turkish Central Bank's gross reserves reached a fresh all-time high of $147.6 billion as of June 21, according to weekly data released on Thursday.
The official reserve assets of the bank rose by $1.3 billion from June 14, the bank's international reserves and foreign currency liquidity report showed.
Foreign currency reserves rose to $88.5 as of last Friday, from $88.4 at the end of the previous week.
The bank's gold reserves – including gold deposits and, if appropriate, gold-swapped – last week increased to $59.1 billion from $57.9 billion a week earlier.