ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's deputy prime minister said on Tuesday that companies linked to a group blamed for a failed coup posed a risk of up to 5 billion lira (1.27 billion pounds) to Turkish banks but that the state seizure of such firms had minimised the risks.
The minister did not specify what those risks were, but such costs would represent only a small fraction of the nation's banking sector assets.
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