Turkey
 




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

Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya İRBEÇ
Deputy of Antalya

Associate Prof. Mehmet GÜNAL
Deputy of Antalya

Mr. Ahmet TIKTIK
State Planning Organization, Undersecretary

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

Major General Salih Zeki ÇOLAK
Secretary General, Office of the Chief of General Staff

Mr. Salih MELEK
Deputy General Director, Directorate General of Press and Information

Dr. Süleyman Hilmi BENGİ
Director General, Anatolian News Agency

Mrs. Ayşe Nur ALPARSLAN
Director General of Overseas Promotion and Cultural Affairs,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr. Özgür ÖZARSLAN
Director General of Promotion, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Mr. Mustafa ATALAR
Director General of Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Dr. Ahmet GENÇ
Director General of Insurance, Undersecretariat of the Treasury

Mrs. Esengül CİVELEK
Director General for the Status of Women

Prof. Dr. Yusuf HALAÇOĞLU
Ex-President, Turkish Historical Society

Mr. Tuncel ACAR
President, National Library

Mr. Hasan KILIÇ
Deputy President of GAP Regional Development Administration

Mr. Ahmet Akif OKTAY
Deputy Director General of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Prof. Dr. Nükhet GÜZ
Lecturer, Faculty of Arts and Design, Kültür University

Prof. Dr. Reşat GENÇ
Retired Lecturer, Faculty of Education, Gazi University

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

Mr. Ömer EKŞİ
Press Counsellor, Ministry of Labor and Social Security

Mr. Timuçin TULGAR
Retired 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.