Turkey liquidates nearly all US Treasuries as Iran war bites economy: Report

Turkey liquidates nearly all US Treasuries as Iran war bites economy: Report Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 05/21/2026 - 19:24 Turkey sold $14bn in US Treasuries as it moved to support the lira This picture taken in Istanbul, Turkey, shows people looking at foreign exchange rates displayed against the Turkish lira, on 21 April 2024 (Yasin Akgul/AFP) Off Turkey sold almost all of its US Treasury holdings in March, in a sign of the deep economic pressure the country’s economy has come under as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Turkey liquidated around $14bn in US Treasuries, bringing its total holdings of US debt to just $1. 6bn dollars, Bloomberg reported on Thursday, citing its own estimates based on US government data.