DIARY - Turkey - to May 31, 2010

(All times are provisional and in GMT. For local time, add two
hours. This diary is updated every day, and new listings or
amendments are marked "*".)
KEY INDICATORS
DATE GMT/LOCAL INDICATOR PERIOD PRIOR
14/1 1700/1900 Interest rate decision Jan 6.50%
15/1 0800/1000 Unemployment Oct 13.4%
15/1 N/A Budget balance Dec -3.124b
18/1 0800/1000 Consumer confidence Dec 78.38
20/1 15O0/1700 Govt debt stock Dec 440.7b
21/1 1430/1630 CPI forecast Jan 6.90%
25/1 0900/1100 Foreign arrivals Dec 10.7%
25/1 1430/1630 Manufacturing conf Jan 92.2
25/1 1430/1630 Capacity utilisation Jan 69.7%
29/1 0800/1000 Trade balance Dec -$3.705b
1/2 N/A TIM export figures Jan $9.513b
3/2 0800/1000 CPI m/m Jan +0.53%
3/2 0800/1000 CPI y/y Jan +6.53%
3/2 0800/1000 PPI m/m Jan +0.66%
3/2 0800/1000 PPI y/y Jan +5.93%
8/2 1500/1700 Treasury cash balance Jan -2.127b
8/2 0800/1000 Industrial production Dec -2.2%
9/2 1430/1630 CPI forecast Feb N/A
11/2 0800/1000 Current account Dec -$1.598b

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13

*MOSCOW - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan to hold talks with
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President Dmitry
Medvedev. Erdogan and Putin will subsequently hold a joint news
conference.

*ANKARA - President Abdullah Gul to attend awards ceremony
held by the leading business group TUSIAD (1000).

ANKARA - Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to visit Croatia.

*ANKARA - Mobile phone operator AVEA and health minister to
hold joint news conference (0800).

*ISTANBUL - Fortis Bank to hold news conference (0730).

THURSDAY, JANUARY 14

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

*ISTANBUL - Turkish Football Federation to hold tender for
live broadcasting rights.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 16

ISTANBUL - State Minister Hayati Yazici hosts opening
ceremony for Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 17

ANKARA - Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak meets Gul and
other Turkish officials.

MONDAY, JANUARY 18

SINCAN, Turkey - Mehmet Ali Agca, convicted of shooting Pope
John Paul II in 1981, is due to be released from prison.

ISTANBUL - Treasury to hold auction for 15-month zero-coupon
bond maturing April 13, 2011.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 19

ISTANBUL - Treasury to hold auction for two-year
fixed-coupon bond maturing Jan. 18, 2012, and 22-month
zero-coupon bond maturing Nov. 16, 2011.

THURSDAY, JANUARY 21

ISTANBUL - Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen's
Association, or Tusiad, holds general assembly to elect new
chairman.

ANKARA - Privatisation Administration's deadline for bids
for four sugar factories.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 21

ISTANBUL - European Union-Turkey Financial Assistance
Conference.

ISTANBUL - Conference on corn products, including ethanol,
biofuels and other by-products.

MONDAY, JANUARY 25

ISTANBUL - Presidents of Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan to
hold meeting to discuss relations.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 26

ANKARA - Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz expected to
hold news conference on latest quarterly inflation report.

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27

DAVOS, Switzerland - Turkish officials expected to attend
World Economic Forum.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1

ANKARA - BDP holds extraordinary party convention to elect
chairman.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4

ISTANBUL - NATO defence ministers meet under chairmanship of
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Until Feb. 5.

ISTANBUL - World Conference on Educational Sciences. Until
Feb. 8.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5

ANKARA - Privatisation Administration's deadline for bids
for state's 20 percent stake in Kazakh tobacco company JTI
Central Asia LLP.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

ISTANBUL - EurasiaRail 2010 conference on railway transport.
Until Feb. 11.

ISTANBUL - Treasury to hold auction for 14-month zero-coupon
bond maturing April 13, 2011, three-year fixed-coupon bond
maturing Jan. 9, 2013.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11

ISTANBUL - International Independent Film Festival opens.
Until Feb. 21.

ANKARA - Privatisation Administration's deadline for bids
for 49 percent stakes in construction company Tumas and
fertiliser maker Tugas.

ANKARA - Privatisation Administration's deadline for bids
for nine properties owned by public institutions.

ISTANBUL - Solar Future energy conference. Until Feb. 12.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12

ANKARA - Privatisation Administration's deadline for bids
for four state-owned electricity-distribution grids.

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15

NYON, Switzerland - Countries including Turkey present
stadia bids to host UEFA's Euro 2016.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

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

ISTANBUL - Treasury to hold auction for six-month reference
bill, maturing Aug. 18, 2010, and five-year CPI-indexed bond,
maturing Feb. 11, 2015.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

MADRID - Galatasaray to play Atletico Madrid in first leg of
their last-32 Europa League fixture (1905).

LILLE, France - Fenerbahce to play LOSC Lille Metropole in
first leg of their last-32 Europea League fixture (1700).

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19

ANKARA - Privatisation Administration's deadline for bids
for 52 state-owned hydro power plants.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

ISTANBUL - Galatasaray to play Atletico Madrid in second leg
of their last-32 Europa League fixture (1400).

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

ISTANBUL - SBB Steel Focus conference on Turkish steel
industry and markets.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25

ISTANBUL - Fenerbahce to play LOSC Lille Metropole in first
leg of their last-32 Europea League fixture.

TUESDAY, MARCH 2

ISTANBUL - Treasury to hold auction for 21-month
zero-coupon bond, maturing Nov. 16, 2011, and five-year
CPI-indexed bond, maturing Feb 11, 2015.

TUESDAY, MARCH 9

ISTANBUL - Treasury to hold auction for six-month reference
bill maturing Sept. 8, 2010, and four-year fixed-coupon bond
maturing Aug. 6, 2014.

THURSDAY, MARCH 11

ANTALYA, Turkey - International conference on e-governance.
Until March 12.

THURSDAY, MARCH 18

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets (1700).

SATURDAY, APRIL 3

ISTANBUL - Non-governmental Asian Pacific Organization for
Cancer Prevention (APOCP) holds conference. Until April 7.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8

IZMIR, Turkey - European Public Choice Society holds
economic conference.

TUESDAY, APRIL 13

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets (1700).

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

*ANTALYA, Turley - Rally of Turkey, part of FIA World Rally
Championship. Until April 18.

THURSDAY, APRIL 29

ANKARA - Central Bank Governor Durmus Yilmaz expected to
hold news conference on latest quarterly inflation report.

TUESDAY, MAY 18

ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets (1700).

WEDNESDAY, MAY 26

ANKARA - Central Bank to announce twice-yearly financial
stability report.

SUNDAY, MAY 30

*ISTANBUL - Formula One Turkish Grand Prix.

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