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
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 0800/1000 Industrial production Dec -2.2%
8/2 1500/1700 Treasury cash balance Jan -2.127b
9/2 1430/1630 CPI forecast Feb +7.15%
10-19/2 N/A Budget balance Jan -5.9b
11/2 0800/1000 Current account Dec -$1.598b
15/2 0800/1000 Unemployment Nov 13.0%
16/2 0800/1000 Consumer confidence Jan 78.79
16/2 1700/1900 Interest rate decision Feb 6.50%
22/2 15O0/1700 Govt debt stock Jan 441.4b
22/2 1430/1630 Capacity utilisation Feb 67.8%
22/2 1430/1630 Manufacturing conf Feb 102
23-25/2 N/A Foreign arrivals Jan 12.35%
26/2 0800/1000 Trade balance Jan -$4.927

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1

*NICOSIA - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon
meets with Turkish and Greek Cypriot leaders to discuss progress
in their re-unification negotiations. Until Feb. 2.

*ANKARA - Cabinet to hold weekly meeting chaired by Prime
Minister Tayyip Erdogan (0900 GMT).

*ERZURUM - Turkey's Exporters Assembly to hold its monthly
meeting to announce January export figures (0800).

*ANKARA - Turkish World Bank Director Ulrich Zachau to
attend a conference organised by the bank entitled "Global
Economic Expectations 2010."

*ISTANBUL - Renault to hold news conference.

ANKARA - Pro-Kurdish Peace and Democracy Party (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.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7

ANKARA - President Abdullah Gul departs for visit to India
and Bangladesh. Until Feb. 13.

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.

ISTANBUL - Turk Telekom (TTKOM.IS) expected to announce
fourth-quarter earnings.

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.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

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

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25

ISTANBUL - Galatasaray to play Atletico Madrid in second leg
of their last-32 Europa League fixture (1800).

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.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3

ISTANBUL - Turkey Business & Investment Summit. Until March
4.

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.

FRIDAY, MARCH 12

ISTANBUL - Deadline for publicly traded companies to file
unconsolidated 2009 earnings.

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.

FRIDAY, APRIL 9

ISTANBUL - Deadline for publicly traded banks and
non-insurance companies to release 2009 consolidated earnings.

TUESDAY, APRIL 13

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

FRIDAY, APRIL 16

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

TUESDAY, APRIL 27

ANKARA - Gas & Power Energy conference. Until April 29.

THURSDAY, APRIL 29

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

FRIDAY, APRIL 30

ISTANBUL - Deadline for publicly traded insurance companies
to release 2009 earnings.

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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