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
22/2 1430/1630 Manufacturing conf Feb 102
22/2 1430/1630 Capacity utilisation Feb 67.8%
22/2 1430/1630 CPI forecast Feb +7.5%
22/2 15O0/1700 Govt debt stock Jan 441.4b
23/2 N/A Foreign arrivals Jan 12.35%
26/2 0800/1000 Trade balance Jan -$4.927
1/3 N/A TIM export figures Feb $7.91b
3/3 0800/1000 CPI m/m Feb +1.85%
3/3 0800/1000 CPI y/y Feb +8.19%
3/3 0800/1000 PPI m/m Feb +0.58%
3/3 0800/1000 PPI y/y Feb +6.30%
8/3 0800/1000 Industrial production Jan +25.2%
8/3 1430/1630 CPI forecast Mar N/A
8/3 1500/1700 Treasury cash balance Feb -3.72b
11/3 0800/1000 Current account Jan -$3.217b
*15-19/3 N/A Budget balance Feb -3.121b
*15/3 0800/1000 Unemployment Dec 13.1%
*16/3 0800/1000 Consumer confidence Feb 79.24
*18/3 1700/1900 Interest rate decision Mar 6.5%

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

*ISTANBUL - Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz to meet
Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko and Deputy Prime Minister
Igor Sechin regarding constrution of Turkey's first nuclear
power station.

*ANKARA - Turkish President Abdullah Gul holds a press
conference with his Tanzanian counterpart on a visit to Turkey.

*ANKARA - Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu meets Burkina
Faso foreign minister.

*ANKARA - Davutoglu meets America's highest-ranking diplomat
Under Secretary of State William Burns.

*ANKARA - Sale of state power grids for Van, Firat, Camlibel
and Uludag regions

ISTANBUL - Vakif Bank (VAKBN.IS) expected to release its
fourth-quarter earnings.

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 Europa 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 Europa 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 - International technology conference Istanbul
Innovation begins.

ISTANBUL - Turkcell (TCELL.IS) (TKC.N), Turkey's biggest
mobile-phone operator, expected to announce fourth-quarter
earnings.

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).

THURSDAY, MARCH 25

ISTANBUL - Builder Enka (ENKAI.IS) to announce its
fourth-quarter earnings.

SATURDAY, APRIL 3

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

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 7

VIENNA - State Minister Selma Aliye Kavaf, who oversees
women and family affairs, attends international summit on women
in business and politics. Until April 8.

THURSDAY, APRIL 8

ISTANBUL - Dogan Yayin Holding (DYHOL.IS), Turkey's biggest
media company, expected to announce fourth-quarter earnings.

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.

ISTANBUL - Glassmaker Sisecam (SISE.IS) expected to announce
fourth-quarter 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.

SUNDAY, APRIL 18

CYPRUS - Greek Cypriots to hold presidential election.

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.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 12

ISTANBUL - International Energy & Environment Conference.
Until May 14.

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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