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Turkish supporters flooded Taksim Square waving flags and celebrating after the national team qualified for the 2026 FIFA World Cup by defeating Kosovo 1-0 in the European Qualifiers play-off final on April 1. The victory secured Türkiye's place in the global tournament.Iran carried out at least 5,471 missile and drone attacks targeting US bases and critical sites in seven Arab countries since Feb. 28, according to compiled official data. The UAE was the most impacted, intercepting 414 ballistic missiles, 15 cruise missiles and 1,914 drones.President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan declared Friday that the post-World War II international system faces a "deep legitimacy crisis across nearly all domains," calling for renewed efforts to end tragedies and restore peace. Speaking at the Stratcom Summit in Istanbul, Erdoğan said Türkiye will maintain its principled, peace-centric stance focused on humanitarian values and justice.A foreign-flagged, Turkish-operated crude oil tanker was targeted in a drone attack in the Black Sea near Istanbul on Thursday, Transport Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu said, adding that no casualties were reported among the 27 Turkish crew members. The engine room was the apparent target.Israel signalled that its military campaign against Iran and Hezbollah will continue for weeks, with thousands of targets still ahead. Officials say over 10,000 munitions have already been used, as the conflict escalates across multiple fronts. The developments come amid regional instability affecting Lebanon and the wider Middle East.

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Turkey's external gross debt stock at $450B end-2020

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14:15, 31/03/2021, Wednesday

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Turkey's external gross debt stock at $450B end-2020

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Stocks to gross domestic product ratio stood at 62.8% as of end last year, Treasury and Finance Ministry says

Turkey's external gross debt stock amounted to $450 billion as of end-2020, the country’s Treasury and Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday.

Stocks to the country's gross domestic product (GDP) ratio stood at 62.8% at the end of last year, the ministry said in a statement.

Last year's figure was up from $436.9 billion at the end of 2019.

Turkey's net foreign debt totaled $268.9 billion as of Dec. 31, 2020, some 37.5% of the GDP.

Meanwhile, Treasury-guaranteed foreign debt stock reached $14.8 billion in the same period.

Data showed that the EU-defined general government debt stock of the country was nearly 2 trillion Turkish liras ($268 billion), or 39.5% of the GDP as of end-2020.

The public net debt stock amounted to 967.6 billion Turkish liras ($130.2 billion) in the same period.

Titles :external gross debt stock GDP Treasury and Finance Ministry

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