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ANKARA, Feb 16 (Reuters) - The Turkish central bank's 30
billion lira ($1.6 billion) donation for areas impacted by the
earthquake will be paid from the central bank's profits from
last year, according to a central bank source with the knowledge
of the matter.
Turkey launched a donation campaign for the earthquake and
raised more than 115 billion lira ($6 billion) from individuals
and companies in a live broadcast on Wednesday evening.
The central bank transfers its profit from the previous year
to treasury every April.
The annual profit of the bank is not announced yet but
economists calculate from preliminary data that the central bank
recorded a profit of 40-50 billion lira last year.
($1 = 18.8522 liras)
(Reporting by Nevzat Devranoglu;
Editing by Alison Williams)
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