Turkey 2007
 




We would like to thank the following for their
efforts and contributions to the
preparation of this publication;

Prof. Dr. Mehmet AYDIN
Minister of State

Prof. Dr. Beşir ATALAY

Minister of Internal Affairs

Sn. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya İRBEÇ
Deputy of Antalya

Associate Prof. Mehmet GÜNAL

Deputy of Antalya

Sn. Ahmet TIKTIK
State Planning Organization, Undersecretary

Sn. Ali Osman KOCA
Secretary General, Turkish Grand National Assembly


Sn. Tümg. Salih Zeki ÇOLAK
Secretary General, Office of the Chief of General Staff

Sn. Salih MELEK
Acting Director General of Press and Information

Sn. Dr. Süleyman Hilmi BENGİ
Director General, Anatolian News Agency

Sn. Ayşe Nur ALPARSLAN

Director General of Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs


Sn. Özgür ÖZARSLAN

Director General of Promotion, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sn. Mustafa ATALAR

Director General of Fine Arts, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sn. Dr. Ahmet GENÇ

Director General of Insurance, Undersecretariat of the Treasury

Sn. Esengül CİVELEK

Director General for the Status of Women

Sn. Prof. Dr. Yusuf HALAÇOĞLU

President, Turkish Historical Society

Sn. Tuncel ACAR

President, National Library

Sn. Muammer Yaşar ÖZGÜL

President, GAP Regional Development Administration

Sn. Atilla GÜNAY

Deputy Director General of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Sn. Prof. Dr. Nükhet GÜZ

Dean, Faculty of Arts and Design, Kültür University

Sn. Prof. Dr. Reşat GENÇ

Faculty of Education, Gazi University

Sn. Ercan TÜRK
Head, Department of Strategy Development, Ministry of Education

Sn. Kayhan Ünal

Press Counsellor, Ministry of Labor and Social Security

Sn. Timuçin TULGAR
Ret. Counsellor, Ministry of Tourism



We would also like to thank the staff of the Directorate General of Press and
Information and the experts from the State Planning Organization and the
Turkish Statistical Institute as well as the specialists from other institutions and
organizations, whose names we could not mention,
for their contributions to this publication.