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RECENT HEADLINES
Turkey: IMF Talks Provide Way to Gauge Ankara’s Fiscal Discipline
BY NICHOLAS BIRCH
Turkey and the International Monetary Fund will be making a final push in the coming weeks to see whether they can conclude a loan agreement, according to Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish analysts say the Turkish-IMF wrangling is masking a more important question: is Ankara committed to sustaining fiscally prudent policies that have made it an attractive foreign investment destination during this decade?

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ALMANAC FACTS
Area: 780,580 sq km (301,383 sq mi)
Population: 68,893,918
Capital: Ankara
President: Abdullah Gul
Religion: Muslim 99.8% (mostly Sunni), other 0.2% (mostly Christians and Jews)
Life Expectancy: 72.08 years
GDP per capita: $6,700
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OSI NATIONAL FOUNDATION OFFICE:
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OSI Assistance Foundation - Turkey
Cevdet Pasa Caddesi
Mercan Apt, No. 85, D.11
Bebek, Istanbul 80811
Turkey
Phone: 90-212-287-9986; 90-212-2
Fax: 90-212-287-9967
Email: info@osiaf.org.tr
Director: Mr. Hakan Altinay
Website: http://www.osiaf.org.tr/
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