ISTANBUL, April 4 (Reuters) - Foreign investors sold $601.5million worth of Turkish stocks and $735.8 million of governmentbonds in the week to March 29, when a lira liquidity squeeze inLondon swap markets forced them to quit Turkish assets, centralbank data showed on Thursday.Last week, the Turkish lira overnight swap rate rocketed to as much as 1,200 percent as thecurrency came under pressure in the run up to Sunday's localelections, prompting foreign investors to sell off holdings ofTurkish stocks and bonds to close short positions. (Reporting by Behiye Selin TanerWriting by Ezgi ErkoyunEditing by Dominic Evans)
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