DIARY - Turkey - to Dec 17, 2009

(All times are provisional and in GMT. For local time, add
three hours. This diary is updated every day, and new listings or
amendments are marked "*".)
KEY INDICATORS
DATE GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD PRIOR
17/8 0700/1000 Unemployment May 14.9%
17/8 0700/1000 Consumer confidence July 85.27
18/8 1600/1900 Interest rate decision Aug 8.25%
20/8 1330/1630 CPI forecast Aug 5.87%
20/8 1400/1700 Cen govt debt stock July 408.9b
24/8 0700/1000 Foreign arrivals July -1.29%
25/8 1400/1700 Manufacturing conf Aug 100.1
31/8 1400/1700 Trade balance July -$4.15b
1/9 N/A Export figures Aug $8.89b
3/9 1400/1700 CPI m/m Aug +0.25%
3/9 1400/1700 CPI y/y Aug +5.39%
3/9 1400/1700 PPI m/m Aug -0.71%
3/9 1400/1700 PPI y/y Aug -3.75%
8/9 0700/1000 Industrial production July -9.7%
8/9 1400/1700 Treasury cash balance Aug -9.5b
9/9 1330/1630 CPI forecast Sept N/A
10/9 0700/1000 GDP Q2 -13.8%
10/9 0700/1000 Capacity utilisation Aug 72.3%
10/9 1400/1700 Current acct balance July -$1.923b

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

*ISTANBUL - The Turkish Treasury will hold two swap
auctions. It will buy back Oct. 7, 2009, discount paper and tap
the May 11, 2011, benchmark bond. It will also buy back Feb. 17,
2010, paper and issue April 2, 2014, bonds, the statement said.

*KONYA - Economy Minister Ali Babacan to chair a meeting of
the Economic Coordination Council with other state ministers in
the central Anatolian city of Konya (0730).

*ANKARA - Interior Minister Besir Atalay to hold meetings
with the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party (DTP), union
confederations and the Bar Association to discuss the
government's plans to solve the Kurdish problem.

*ISTANBUL - Istanbul Chamber of Industry to announce the
result of its survey on the economic situation (0730).

*ISTANBUL - ING Emeklilik and Acibadem Sigorta to hold news
conference on their cooperation (0700).

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

ISTANBUL - Deadline for companies to release unconsolidated
financial results.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15

*ISTANBUL - Jailed Kurdish guerrilla leader Abdullah Ocalan
expected to announce a "road map" to solve the Kurdish problem.

*ANKARA - Collective bargaining talks expected to start
between the government and civil servants.

MONDAY, AUGUST 17

ANKARA - Treasury to hold auction of six-month,
lira-denominated zero-coupon bill.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 18

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets.

ANKARA - Treasury to hold auction of five-year CPI-indexed
bonds.

NATIONWIDE - Coffeeshop owners plan protest against
government's indoor smoking ban.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 21

NATIONWIDE - Islamic holy month of Ramadan begins.

ISTANBUL - State construction builder TOKI to hold another
tender for bids to build Galatasaray (GSRAY.IS) stadium after
previous tenders failed to attract enough interest.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25

ISTANBUL - Iraq to hold roadshow for oil fields on offer in
second major energy auction.

ISTANBUL- Construction company Tekfen (TKFEN.IS) expected to
post Q2 results.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 28

ISTANBUL - Foodmaker Ulker (ULKER.IS) expected to post Q2
results.

ISTANBUL - Deadline for companies to release consolidated
financial results.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3

IZMIR, Turkey - CEV European Volleyball Championships. Until
Sept 13.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 7

ISTANBUL - First hearing in third indictment in Ergenekon
coup plot.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11

ISTANBUL - Deadline for insurance companies to release
consolidated financial results.

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21

*NATIONWIDE - Financial markets closed for Eid al-Fitr
Islamic holiday.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22

*NATIONWIDE - Financial markets closed for Eid al-Fitr
Islamic holiday.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29

ANKARA - Next hearing in trial against pro-Kurdish
Democratic Society Party (DTP) co-chairs Ahmet Turk and Emine
Ayna and deputy Selahattin Demirtas on charges they disseminated
propaganda on behalf of outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK).

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

ANKARA - DTP lawmaker Aysel Tugluk hearing on charges
relating to alleged links with PKK.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1

ANKARA - Parliament reconvenes following summer recess.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2

ISTANBUL - World Bank President Robert Zoellick holds news
conference.

ISTANBUL - International Monetary Fund Managing Director
Dominique Strauss-Kahn holds news conference.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3

ISTANBUL - Institute of International Finance Annual
Membership Meeting, attended by Turkish Deputy Prime Minister in
Charge of the Economy Ali Babacan and Finance Minister Mehmet
Simsek. Until Oct. 4.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6

ISTANBUL - Annual meetings of the International Monetary
Fund and the World Bank. Until Oct 7.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27

ANKARA - Central Bank releases quarterly inflation report.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28

NATIONWIDE - Financial markets close at mid-day to mark
Republic Day.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29

NATIONWIDE - Financial markets closed to mark Republic Day.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

ISTANBUL - Turkish shipping and shipping finance conference.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26

NATIONWIDE - Financial markets close at mid-day to mark
Islamic holidy of Eid al-Adha.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27

NATIONWIDE - Financial markets closed to mark Eid al-Adha.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30

NATIONWIDE - Financial markets closed to mark Eid al-Adha.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets.

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