Critical step from the Central Bank! The growth limit has been lowered.

Critical step from the Central Bank! The growth limit has been lowered.

31.01.2026 01:20

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has reduced the eight-week growth limit for foreign currency loans to 0.5%, and for consumer loan deposit accounts, it has decreased it for the first time to 2%.

The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) announced that the eight-week growth limit for foreign currency loans has been reduced from 1% to 0.5%. For consumer credit deposit accounts, a growth limit has been introduced for the first time, and the limit increase has been capped at 2% over eight weeks.

REDUCED TO 0.5%

In a statement made by the Central Bank, it was noted that developments in foreign currency loans and credit deposit accounts were taken into account. In this context, a downward adjustment was made to the growth limit applied to foreign currency loans. The growth limit, which was 1% for eight-week periods, has been reduced to 0.5%.

On the other hand, a growth limit has also been introduced for the first time for the credit deposit account (KHA) limits allocated to consumers. Accordingly, the growth limit for these accounts has been set at 2% for eight-week periods.

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