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
30/9 1400/1700 Trade balance Aug -$3.398b
1/10 N/A TIM export figures Sept $7.67b
2/10 1400/1700 CPI m/m Sept -0.30%
2/10 1400/1700 CPI y/y Sept +5.33%
2/10 1400/1700 PPI m/m Sept +0.42%
2/10 1400/1700 PPI y/y Sept -1.04%
8/10 0700/1000 Industrial production Aug -9.2%
8/10 1400/1700 Treasury cash balance Sept +2.51b
8/10 1330/1630 CPI forecast Oct 5.65
12/10 0700/1000 Capacity utilisation Sept 69.7%
12/10 1400/1700 Current account Aug +0.286b
15/10 0700/1000 Unemployment July 13.0%
10-14/10 N/A Budget balance Sept -1.5b
16/10 0700/1000 Consumer confidence Sept 81.30
15/10 1600/1900 Interest rate decision Oct 7.25%
20/10 1400/1700 Cen govt debt stock Sept 424.7b
*22/10 1330/1630 CPI forecast Oct N/A
*26/10 1400/1700 Manufacturing conf Oct 97.8
*23/10 0700/1000 Foreign arrivals Sept -0.05

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

*PITTSBURGH - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to take part in
the G20 meeting.

*ANKARA - Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin to travel to
Azerbaijan to take part in the parliamentary assembly of Turkic
speaking countries.

*SHANGHAI - State Minister Zafer Caglayan to attend the
Turkish-Chinese business forum.

*ANKARA - Military headquarters to hold weekly media
briefing (0800).

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

ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Negotiations between world powers and
Tehran on Iran's nuclear programme may take place in Turkey.

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

ANKARA - Ruling AK Party holds party convention.

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.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4

ANKARA - Pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party holds party
convention.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6

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

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10

ISTANBUL - 12th International Balkan Conference, attended by
40 leaders from Balkan countries, to discuss Turkey-EU
relations. Until Oct. 11.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

ANKARA - Turkish and Armenian governments are due to
complete protocols on normalising ties between countries. Once
completed protocols are due to be presented to each country's
parliament for approval.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

BURSA - Turkey versus Armenia in World Cup soccer qualifying
match. Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan invited to to watch the
game with Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul as part of process to
normalise ties.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

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

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

ISTANBUL- Central and Eastern Europe Energy Forum. Until Oct
25.

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 11

ISTANBUL - Afghanistan Reconstruction Summit. Until Nov. 12.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18

ISTANBUL - Turkish shipping and shipping finance conference.

ISTANBUL - Power & Electricity World Eurasia 2009
conference, with focus on renewable energy.

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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