Of that total, foreign direct investment amounted to $12.1 billion, Sener told a conference.
"Foreign direct investments are financing 54 percent of the current account deficit. Healthy developments in the financing of the current account deficit continue," he said.
He also said oil imports in the first eight months constituted $5.7 billion of Turkey's $22.4 billion current account deficit, which is a major weak spot of Turkey's fast-growing economy.