Turkish banks more exposed to external shock than in 2008

In spite of the rapid build up of Turkish banks’ foreign currency assets held at the central bank, we think the country’s banking sector is still more vulnerable to an external shock now than it was on the eve of the 2008/09 global financial crisis.

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