Last week saw a withdrawal of 21 billion lira from foreign currency protected deposit accounts. The decrease in foreign currency protected TL deposits and participation accounts continues. Foreign currency protected TL deposits and participation accounts dropped from 846.6 billion lira to 825.4 billion lira. Meanwhile, loans increased from 16 trillion 857.6 billion lira to 17 trillion 60.7 billion lira, and deposits rose from 19 trillion 803.7 billion lira to 19 trillion 997.3 billion lira in the same week ending on March 6th.