CBRT Data on Turkish Economy
CBT API function
Changing characters to ASCII
Formatting time series
Information about data categories
Information about data groups
Information about data series
Downloading data groups
Downloading data series
Variable search
Information about a data group
Showing variable names
The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) provides one of the most comprehensive time series databases on the Turkish economy. The 'CBRT' package provides functions for accessing the CBRT's electronic data delivery system <https://evds2.tcmb.gov.tr/>. It contains the lists of all data categories and data groups for searching the available variables (data series). As of November 3, 2024, there were 40,826 variables in the dataset. The lists of data categories and data groups can be updated by the user at any time. A specific variable, a group of variables, or all variables in a data group can be downloaded at different frequencies using a variety of aggregation methods.