Banking sector posts some $6B profit in Jan-Aug

Turkey's banking sector's net profit totaled 38 billion Turkish liras ($5.94 billion) this January-August, the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BDDK) announced on Monday.  According to the banking watchdog, the sector's eight-month net profit surged 14.3 percent, compared with around 33.3 billion Turkish liras ($9.7 billion) in the same period…