GNP Amounts To 758 Bln YTL In 2006, TUIK

ANKARA - According to the new computation method of national income, gross national product amounted to 758 billion YTL in 2006, Omer Demir, chairman of Turkish Board of Statistics (TUIK), said on Saturday (One dollar equals 1.24 YTL).
Demir held a press conference in Ankara and said GNP which was earlier calculated 576 billion YTL for 2006 has increased 31.6 percent to 758 billion YTL, according to updated data.
National income per capita will probably amount to 7,500 U.S. dollars for 2006, Demir said. The figure was 5,480 U.S. dollars, according to the previous calculations.
(EÖ)