AH- Odd Per Brekk, IMF Turkey Representative, said that the government had a perfect opportunity to change the positive developments of the economy into permanent improvement. Brekk said that, end of the Iraq war and global developments about developing markets contributed to decrease in interest rates and to strengthen Turkish Lira and that the positive environment made attainable to the 2003 targets of the government including 5% growth and 20% inflation.
Brekk said that, strong and continuous implementation should be applied in the program to provide a permanent improvement.