ISTANBUL - Turkish State Minister Kursad Tuzmen said Wednesday Turkey targeted a 125 billion USD exports for 2008, adding that Turkish exporters made an impressive performance in 2007.
"2008 will be a year where business will overtake politics," Tuzmen told a meeting of Turkish Exporters' Assembly (TIM) where it announced export figures for December 2007.
Tuzmen said Turkish exports had been projected at 100 billion exports for 2007 and it was 6 billion USD higher than this target.
"Turkey's monthly export figures are well over the annual export figures of many European Union countries, and we are moving ahead with decisive steps toward our exports target for 2023, which is 500 billion USD," Tuzmen said.