ISTANBUL Credit card payments soared 99 percent last year compared to 2023 to reach 13.3 trillion Turkish Liras ($373 billion), according to data from the Interbank Card Center (BKM). The number of credit cards in Türkiye increased by 10 percent in 2024 to 129.4 million. Payments with debit cards surged by 59 percent annually to 2.2 trillion liras, while payments with pre-paid cards went up by 115 percent to 306.8 billion liras, the BKM data showed. Payments with credit, debit and pre-paid