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By Compiled From Wire Service Dispatches With Analysis From Monitor Correspondents Around The World; Edited By Laurent Belsie

February 17, 1983

Turkey has applied to the IMF for a one-year renewal of its three-year, $1.6 billion standby-loan agreement, an official said. The renewal of the current agreement, which expires in June, is intended to cushion a transfer from military to civilian government due this fall.