The BRSA released the weekly sector figures for January 18-25, 2013.The details are as follows: Lending: The Turkish banking sector's total loan book grew by 0.4% w/w to TRY 807bn. In detail, TRY loans increased by 0.3% w/w, while foreign currency loans in dollar terms increased by 0.3% w/w. 
When we examine the sub sectors, corporate loans remained almost unchanged w/w, whereas consumer loans increased slightly by 0.5% in the underlying week. Among consumer loans, credit cards and general purpose loans registered the highest weekly growth with 0.7% and 0.6%, respectively. 
Asset quality: The system's total gross bad loans increased slightly by 0.5% w/w, while the NPL ratio remained 2.95%. The sector's coverage ratio increased slightly up to 75%. 
Deposits: For the week, total deposits grew by 0.8% to TRY 820bn. Local currency deposits increased by 0.8% w/w, while FC deposits increased by 0.4% w/w in dollar terms. The loans to deposits ratio decreased to 98.4% from 98.7% in the previous week. 
Source: bne