The Turkish Central Bank said Friday that it bought 90.6 million lira ($59.6 million) of the May 11, 2011, bond at an average compound interest rate of 8.20% at its domestic bond-buying auction.



Nominal sales were TRY100 million. Bids totaled TRY279 million.



The central bank has said it plans to buy TRY8 billion of domestic government debt by June 23, 2010.



The auctions, held every Wednesday and Friday, each have a maximum volume of TRY100 million.



The bank plans to hold 50 auctions and buy at most TRY5 billion in the first half of 2010, focusing on one- and five-year bonds.