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The fund's top holdings are still Turkey- and Gulf-centric, with Turkiye Garanti Bankasi accounting for 7.

Following are the companies and banks to be included in the index in the first six months: IMKB: Akbank, Turkiye Garanti Bankasi, Turkcell Communication Services, Trkiye s Bankasi, Hac Omer Sabanc Group, Trkiye Halk Bankas, Koc Group, Anadolu Efes, Eregli Iron/Steel, TUPRAS, BM Birlesik Maazalar, Dogan Group, Arcelik, Coca Cola Beverages and Turkish Air Lines.

Byline: sander03 Turkey's Garanti Bankasi signed an agreement with China Eximbank to finance trade between the two countries.

Following are the companies and banks to be included in the index in the first six months: IMKB: Akbank, Turkiye Garanti Bankasi, Turkcell Communication Services, Trkiye s Bankasi, Hac Omer Sabanc Group, Trkiye Halk Bankas, Koc Group, Anadolu Efes, Eregli Iron/Steel, TUPRAS, BM Birlesik Maazalar, Dogan Group, Arcelik, Coca Cola Beverages and Turkish Air Lines.

Tolga Egemen, Garanti Bankasi executive vice president, said the agreement was an important step in providing a flexible and wide range of loan alternatives.

The banks the Moody's rated are Akbank, Anadolubank, Asya Katilim Bankasi, Bankpozitif, Denizbank, Eurobank Tekfen, Finansbank, HSBC Bank, Ziraat Bankasi, Turk Ekonomi Bankasi, Garanti Bankasi, Is Bankasi, Sinai Kalkinma Bankasi, Vakiflar Bankasi, and Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi.

Ozen also said that Garanti Bankasi mainly focused on projects in energy sector and the latest credit it obtained from Proparco would be offered for projects that would reduce industrial pollution and improve renewable energy and energy productivity.

90 MLN EURO LOAN TO WIND Garanti Bankasi extended 90 million Euro loan to Soma Wind Energy project which has 90 MW power.