Turkey
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Advanced Petrochemicals plans new Turkish plant
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Turkish firm wins Iraq Majnoon deal
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Bahrain’s Al-Baraka mandates Gulf lenders for Turkish subsidiary
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Turkish contractors count the cost of war in Libya
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Syrian opposition meet for talks in Turkey
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Middle East work dominates Turkish contractor's order book
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Saudi Telecommunications Company embarks on $1bn investment plan
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Syrian mobile licence auction may not go ahead
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Zain Saudi posts first quarter loss
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Saudi Telecom Company profits fall 11 per cent
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Turkey offers to broker Libya peace deal
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Syria's third mobile licence loses value
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Turkish company to build Iraqi power plant
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Iraqi gateway to link Saudi Arabia to Germany
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Korek to announce new partner in early December
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Syria to auction third mobile licence in April
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Iraq's new telecoms operator may jump to fourth generation
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National Bank of Kuwait’s rights issue five times oversubscribed
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IQ Network wins $180m Iraq fibre-optic cable deal
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Iran temporally halts gas flow to Turkey
Analysis
A man with a clear vision: Mustafa Seni Sener, CEO, TAV Group
President and chief executive officer of Turkey’s TAV Group, Mustafa Seni Sener, has concrete plans for the construction and airports divisions of his company
Regional wind power
The six key people in the region’s growing wind energy industry are: Ziad Jibril Sabra, Laila Georgy Youssef, Joseph Anis, Ali Neyzi, Jan Pieter Cools-Wildiers and Amal Haddouche
Steel prices hit all-time high
Developments in the Chinese steel market will have a major impact on the Gulf’s construction boom.
Comment
Syrian regime holds on tight
Questions surround Bashar al-Assad’s desire to implement reforms and put an end to violence against protesters. As the Al-Assad machine comes to a halt, Damascus has the chance to proceed with reforms
Special Report
Turkey: A model for the region
Turkey is growing increasingly vociferous about the Middle East
Economic Data
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| 2011 | |
| GDP | 797.6 |
| GDP per capita ($) | 11,054 |
| Real GDP Growth (%) | 5 |
| Inflation (%) | 6.5 |
| General government balance (% of GDP) | -3.2 |
| General government debt (% of GDP) | 40.4 |
| Population (millions) | 72.1 |
| Unemployment (%) | 1111.4 |
| GDP=Gross domestic product. Sources: Fitch; IMF | |




