ISTANBUL- Turkey has issued gold-backed sukuks worth 24.294 tonnes of gold, as well as gold-backed bonds worth 1.883 tonnes of gold, the treasury said on Monday.

The bonds and sukuks have a 6-month rate of 1 percent, it said.

(Reporting by Ali Kucukgocmen Editing by Dominic Evans) ((ali.kucukgocmen@thomsonreuters.com , @alikucukgocmen; +902123507067; Reuters Messaging: Reuters Messaging: ali.kucukgocmen.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))