Shafaq News/ Turkey's central government budget showed a deficit of 31 billion lira ($1.77 billion) in June, data from the Treasury and Finance Ministry showed on Monday, with a primary deficit of 18.3 billion lira.

In the first half of the year, the budget showed a surplus of 93.6 billion lira and a primary surplus of 228.2 billion lira.

($1 = 17.4794 liras)

Source: Reuters