ANKARA - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener said on Wednesday that privatization program, which had been announced earlier, continued without deviation.
Speaking at a news conference, Sener recalled that in the privatization program which they announced on January 13, they stressed that they would fulfill half of the privatization, which had been made in 17 years, in one year.
Pointing out that there was political determination in this respect, Sener said they stated that the determination in this respect would lead to the privatization implementations.
Sener said, ''the program we have announced continues without deviation. We are ahead of the things we have stated earlier.''
Sener said there had been views whether or not the privatization program could be implemented, stating that the point they reached showed that advanced steps were taken from the program.
(AY) 26.03.2003