(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
8/10 0700/1000 Industrial production Aug -9.2%
8/10 1330/1630 CPI forecast Oct 5.65
8/10 1400/1700 Treasury cash balance Sept +2.51b
10-14/10 N/A Budget balance Sept -1.5b
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%
15/10 1600/1900 Interest rate decision Oct 7.25%
16/10 0700/1000 Consumer confidence Sept 81.30
20/10 1400/1700 Cen govt debt stock Sept 424.7b
22/10 1330/1630 CPI forecast Oct N/A
23/10 0700/1000 Foreign arrivals Sept -0.05
26/10 1400/1700 Manufacturing conf Oct 97.8
30/10 1400/1700 Trade balance Sept -$4.876b
1/11 N/A TIM export figures Oct $8.388b
3/11 1400/1700 CPI m/m Oct +0.39%
3/11 1400/1700 CPI y/y Oct +5.27%
3/11 1400/1700 PPI m/m Oct +0.62%
3/11 1400/1700 PPI y/y Oct +0.47%
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8
*ANKARA - Energy Minister Taner Yildiz to speak at energy
conference after trip to Qatar.
*PARIS - President Abdullah Gul on official visit to France.
*ANKARA - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan holds weekly meeting
with head of the armed forces Ilker Basbug (0900).
*ANKARA - Economy Minister Ali Babacan to hold news
conference on the IMF-World Bank semi-annual meetings (0730).
ANKARA - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Balazs meets
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu (0830).
ISTANBUL - South-East European Cooperation Process meeting.
Until Oct. 9. Foreign ministers from Turkey, Serbia and
Bosnia-Herzegovina expected to hold talks.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9
ISTANBUL - South East European Cooperation Process meeting
of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10
ISTANBUL - Twelfth International Balkan Conference, attended
by 40 leaders. Turkish-European Union relations to be discussed.
Until Oct. 11.
ZURICH - Turkish and Armenian foreign ministers are expected
to sign protocols on normalising ties between two countries.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13
ANKARA - Deadline to complete Turkish and Armenian protocols
on normalising ties. Completed protocols to be presented to each
country's parliament for approval.
ALEPPO, Syria - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu
signs agreement with Syrian counterpart Walid al-Moualem on
tourist-visa exemption. The foreign ministers then cross border
to Gaziantep for Turkish-Syrian co-operation council meeting.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14
BURSA - Turkey versus Armenia in World Cup soccer qualifying
match. Armenian President Serzh Sarksyan invited to watch the
game with Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15
BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan Erdogan and Foreign
Minister Ahmet Davutoglu expected to meet Iraqi cabinet for
strategic-cooperation council.
ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets.
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21
PARIS - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu meets
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22
LONDON - Turkish Investment Summit attended by Simsek, state
pipeline operator Botas chief Saltuk Duzyol and Prime Ministry
Investment Support & Promotion Agency's Alpaslan Korkmaz. Until
Oct 23.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
BELGRADE - Turkish President Abdullah Gul to visit Serbia.
ISTANBUL- Central and Eastern Europe Energy Forum. Until Oct
25.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
TEHRAN/ISLAMABAD/KABUL - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip
Erdogan may visit Iran, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Until Oct. 26.
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.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27
NATIONWIDE - Financial markets close at mid-day to mark
Islamic holidy of Eid al-Adha.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30
NATIONWIDE - Financial markets closed to mark Eid al-Adha.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1
NATIONWIDE - Financial markets closed to mark Eid al-Adha.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17
ANKARA - Central Bank's interest-rate setting Monetary
Policy Committee meets.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29
ANKARA - Next hearing in trial against pro-Kurdish
Democratic Society Party (DTP) co-chairmen Ahmet Turk and Emine
Ayna and deputy Selahattin Demirtas on charges they disseminated
propaganda on behalf of PKK.
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