LONDON, Jan 9 (A.A) - The Banker, banking magazine of Britain's prominent economy and politics newspaper Financial Times, declared State Minister Kemal Dervis for Economy as the ''Minister of the Year in the World''.
The magazine carried out a public survey in 52 countries.
State Minister Dervis was chosen as the minister of the year in the world with his successful working tempo.
The Banker said that State Minister Dervis who has succeeded in reviving Turkish economy was chosen as the minister of the year without hesitation.
DERVIS: BANKING SECTOR HAS PROFESSIONAL UNDERSTANDING OF MANAGEMENT NOW
State Minister Kemal Dervis said that the banking sector in Turkey has a professional understanding of management now.
Speaking to ''Banker'' magazine of Financial Times, which elected him as the most successful economy minister among 52 countries, Dervis said that the public opinion widely supports the economic programme.
''The administration in the banking sector was strengthened and this caused a dramatic transformation in Turkey. It is possible to say now that banks are managed in a very professional manner,'' said Dervis and noted that the government also aims to decrease the budget deficit by spending less from the budget.
Noting that the support of the IMF to the economic programme of Turkey was important in overcoming the economic crisis in 2001, Dervis said that the government started to get the positive results of the policies which it implements since November. ''We are more optimistic in the new year,'' he said.
The Banker magazine also noted that Dervis believed that the economic growth in Turkey would reach 3-4 percent towards the middle of 2002. Dervis's inflation figure for 2002 is 35 percent.