Türkiye’s net international investment position stood at -364.5 billion US dollars as of August 2026, the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) said in its monthly statistics release.
Assets and liabilities
External assets totalled 445.2 billion dollars, up 6.1 percent from the previous month. Liabilities came to 809.7 billion dollars, down 1.1 percent over the same period.
Reserve assets rose by 22.2 billion dollars to 186.7 billion dollars. Direct investment assets increased 0.7 percent to 82.4 billion dollars, while financial derivatives assets climbed 51.9 percent to 3.8 billion dollars. Other investment assets edged up 1 percent to 163.3 billion dollars, within which banks’ foreign currency assets fell 2 percent to 43.8 billion dollars.
Portfolio moves
Among portfolio holdings, equity securities and investment fund shares rose 6.8 percent to 53.6 billion dollars. On the liabilities side, direct investment liabilities fell 2.9 percent to 225.9 billion dollars, while portfolio investment liabilities rose 2.8 percent to 164.7 billion dollars.
Financial derivatives liabilities dropped 22.7 percent to 3.1 billion dollars. Other investment liabilities, the largest liability category, slipped 1.3 percent to 416 billion dollars.
