"Promise to EU: Privatization to be accelerated after elections
Monday, December 18, 2006
The Turkish government is counting on some $9 billion in revenues from the sale of state property and concession rights over the next two years, including the auction of power grids, sugar factories, petro-chemical factories and the assets of both tobacco and spirits monopolies. The actual numbers could be higher as the head-turning forecast excludes such big-ticket items as the sprawling Halkbank, on the block for more than two years."
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