Turkish Economy Grows 4.9 Percent In Third Quarter Of 2003

ANKARA - The State Institute of Statistics (DIE) announced on Wednesday that the growth rate became 4.9 percent in the third quarter of 2003.
Releasing a statement, DIE said that growth rate of Gross National Product increased by 4.9 percent and growth rate of Gross Domestic Product increased by 4.8 percent in the same period.
Gross National Product figure for the third quarter of 2003 is 108 quadrillion 383 trillion 823 billion Turkish liras (TL) in current prices and it is 39 trillion 329 billion TL in real terms.
The real growth rate is 4.9 percent, while current growth 26.5 percent.
The growth rate in the first nine months of the year became 5.2 percent.
(EÖ-AÖ) 10.12.2003