Last week saw a withdrawal of 33 billion lira from exchange-rate protected deposit accounts. The total balance of EDP decreased to 847 billion lira. The decline in exchange-rate protected Turkish Lira deposits and participation accounts persists. A total withdrawal of 33 billion lira was made from EDP last week. The total balance in EDP dropped from 879.3 billion lira to 846.6 billion lira. In the same week, loans increased from 16.69 trillion lira to 16.857 trillion lira. Consumer loans also rose from 2.092 trillion lira to 2.117 trillion lira.