Required Reserve Ratios
Required Reserve Ratios (%)
Turkish lira
Liabilities Ratios
Demand deposits, notice deposits and private current accounts (*) 11
Deposits/participation accounts up to 1-month maturity (including 1-month) (*) 11
Deposits/participation accounts up to 3-month maturity (including 3-month) (*) 11
Deposits/participation accounts up to 6-month maturity (including 6-month)(*) 8
Deposits/participation accounts up to 1-year maturity (*) 6
Deposits/participation accounts with 1-year and longer maturity and cumulative deposits/participation accounts (*) 5
Special fund pools (*) Ratios for corresponding maturities
Other liabilities up to 1-year maturity (including 1-year) (*) 11
Other liabilities up to 3-year maturity (including 3-year) (*) 8
Other liabilities longer than 3-year maturity (*) 5
Foreign Exchange
Liabilities Ratios
FX demand deposits, notice deposits and FX private current accounts, deposits/participation accounts up to 1-month, up to 3-month, up to 6-month and up to 1-year maturities(**) 11,5
FX deposits / participation accounts with 1-year and longer maturity and cumulative FX deposits / participation account (**) 9
Special fund pools Ratios for corresponding maturities
Other FX liabilities up to 1-year maturity (including 1-year) (**) 11,5
Other FX liabilities up to 3-year maturity (including 3-year) (**) 9,5
Other FX liabilities longer than 3-year maturity (**) 6

Required reserves has been maintained in terms of Turkish lira for Turkish lira liabilities and in terms of US dollar and/or euro for foreign exchange liabilities at the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.


Gold deposit accounts have been included in the coverage of the reserve requirements as of October 14, 2011.


(*) Turkish lira required reserve ratios have been decreased for demand deposits, notice deposits and private current accounts deposits/participation accounts up to 3-month from 16 percent to 11 percent, deposits/participation accounts up to 1-month maturity (including 1-month) from 16 percent to 11percent, Deposits/participation accounts up to 3-month maturity (including 3-month) from 12,5 percent to 11 percent and Deposits/participation accounts up to 6-month maturity (including 6-month) from 9 percent to 8 percent as of 28 October 2011.


(**) The Foreign Exchange required reserve ratios have been set as: 11,5 percent for FX demand deposits, notice deposits and FX private current accounts, deposits/participation accounts up to 1-month, up to 3-month, up to 6-month and up to 1-year maturities, 9 percent for FX deposits/ FX participation accounts with 1-year and longer maturity and cumulative FX deposits/FX participation accounts, 11,5 percent for other FX liabilities up to 1-year maturity (including 1-year), 9,5 percent for FX liabilities up to 3-year maturity (including 3-year), 6 percent for other FX liabilities longer than 3-year maturity on 18 December 2012.



Press Releases on Required Reserves


Press Release on Required Reserves - 19/12/2012, (2012-60)


Press Release on Raising the Reserve Option Coefficients - 22/11/2012, (2012-55)


Press Release on Raising the Reserve Option Coefficients - 19/10/2012, (2012-50)


Press Release on Raising the Reserve Option Coefficients - 18/09/2012, (2012-44)


Press Release on the Maintenance of Foreign Exchange Reserve Requirements - 11/09/2012, (2012-42)


Press Release on the Facility of Maintaining Reserve Requirements in Foreign Exchange and Gold - 16/08/2012, (2012-38)


Press Release on the Technicalities of Maintaining Turkish Lira Reserve Requirements - 03/08/2012, (2012-36)


Press Release on the Facility of Maintaining Reserve Requirements in Foreign Exchange - 19/07/2012, (2012-33)


Press Release on the Facility of Maintaining Reserve Requirements in Foreign Exchange and Gold - 22/06/2012, (2012-28)


Press Release on the Facility of Maintaining Reserve Requirements as "Standard Gold” - 29/03/2012, (2012-15)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 27/10/2011, (2011-48)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 06/10/2011, (2011-43)


Press Release on FX Reserves and Additional Required Reserves Facility - 05/10/2011, (2011-42)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 05/10/2011, (2011-40)


Required Reserves, Rediscount Credit Implementations and Foreign Exchange Selling Auctions - 12/09/2011, (2011-35)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 25/07/2011, (2011-23)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 21/04/2011, (2011-10)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 23/03/2011, (2011-07)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 24/01/2011, (2011-02)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 17/12/2010, (2010-41)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 12/11/2010, (2010-38)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 23/09/2010, (2010-29)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 29/07/2010, (2010-24)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 26/04/2010, (2010-13)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 16/10/2009, (2009-31)


Press Release on Required Reserves - 05/12/2008, (2008-37)


Press Release on The Interest Rate on New Turkish Lira (YTL) Required Reserves - 04/01/2006, (2006-03)