During the week ending on March 28, there was a withdrawal of 20.5 billion Turkish lira from FX-protected deposit accounts. The downward trend in FX-protected deposits persisted. According to data from the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK), FX-protected deposit accounts decreased from 779 billion lira to 758.5 billion lira in the week ending on March 28. This resulted in a weekly decline of 2.6% in FX-protected deposits. Meanwhile, loans increased from 17 trillion 491 billion lira to 17 trillion 564 billion lira in the same week. Deposits, on the other hand, rose from 20 trillion 979 billion lira to 21 trillion 123 billion lira.