Turkish Economy Grows By 7.8 Percent In 2002

ANKARA - State Statistics Institute (SSI) announced on Monday that the Turkish economy had a growth rate of 7.8 percent in 2002.
The growth rate in the last quarter of 2002 (October, November and December) was 11.5 percent.
SSI announced the temporary results regarding Gross National Product (GNP) the same day.
GNP was 273.46 quadrillion liras in current prices and 116.16 trillion liras according to 1987 fixed prices, in the year 2002.
The growth rate in the last quarter of last year was 44.5 percent in current prices and 11.5 percent in fixed prices.
The economy shrank by 9.4 percent in 2001.
(ÖS-AÖ) 31.03.2003