VOL. XLVI

No 3

20-January-2003

TURKEY

Turkey Plans To Raise $4Bn Through Privatizations During 2003

Turkeys Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener announced an ambitious $4bn privatization scheme for state-owned entities on 13 January, saying that the aim of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) government was to realize during 2003 at least half of the $8bn that has been made from privatization during the past 17 years. Turkey has not made a lot of progress in privatization, Mr Sener said. It...