"Country's business elite and rulers drift apart
By Vincent Boland
Published: May 23 2006 03:00 | Last updated: May 23 2006 03:00
In the early spring when Turkey's government began to consider its options for the soon-to-be vacant post of central bank governor, a delegation of businessmen travelled from Istanbul to Ankara to lobby for the reappointment of Sureyya Serdengecti.
After a day of meetings, including talks with Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister, other senior politicians and officials, the businessmen had no clear sense of whom the government preferred."
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