Privatization Winds In 2008

ANKARA - The privatization winds in 2008 in Turkey will begin with a tender for Tekel Cigarettes.
Highways and Telekom's shares owned by the Turkish Treasury will be available for privatization.
The privatization of electric distributions and production will begin in 2008.
Halk Bankasi, sugar producing factories and ports belonging to Turkish Railways will also get privatized in 2008.
The government expects an income of 11.8 billion new Turkish lira from privatizations in 2008.