VOL. XLIV

No. 09

26-February-2001

TURKEY

Turkish Parliament Passes Energy Liberalization Bill Amid More Political And Financial Turmoil

The Turkish parliament on 20 February approved an energy liberalization law whose enactment was one of the requirements laid down by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) last December when it drew up an emergency loan package for Ankara worth $7.5bn. The government of Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit originally promised to see that the bill was passed by the end of...