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Mon, 04/04/2011 - 23:24
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Turkey's growth rate 9.2% in the last quarter of 2010
ISTANBUL (A.A) – 04.04.2011 - Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey reached a significant point with 9.2 percent growth rate achieved in the last quarter of 2010.
Erdogan attended a meeting in Istanbul and said that Turkey recorded an 8.9 percent of growth in 2010 and it was beyond expectations.
"Turkey became the fastest growing country in Europe. The figure also made the country third fastest growing one in the world," he said.
Erdogan said that unemployment rate dropped to 11.9 percent in the recent period.
"The United States, Japan, European countries could not weather global economic crisis, but Turkey weathered it. Our foreign trade is getting well too," he said.
Erdogan said that Turkey's national income had reached 1.1 trillion Turkish lira (736 billion U.S. dollars) and income per capita was 10,079 U.S. dollars. "We really worked hard to reach that point," he said.
Premier Erdogan said that they would also keep working to reach other goals. "We will work to raise national income per capita to 25,000 U.S. dollars and exports to 500 billion U.S. dollars in 2023," he added.
Erdogan attended a meeting in Istanbul and said that Turkey recorded an 8.9 percent of growth in 2010 and it was beyond expectations.
"Turkey became the fastest growing country in Europe. The figure also made the country third fastest growing one in the world," he said.
Erdogan said that unemployment rate dropped to 11.9 percent in the recent period.
"The United States, Japan, European countries could not weather global economic crisis, but Turkey weathered it. Our foreign trade is getting well too," he said.
Erdogan said that Turkey's national income had reached 1.1 trillion Turkish lira (736 billion U.S. dollars) and income per capita was 10,079 U.S. dollars. "We really worked hard to reach that point," he said.
Premier Erdogan said that they would also keep working to reach other goals. "We will work to raise national income per capita to 25,000 U.S. dollars and exports to 500 billion U.S. dollars in 2023," he added.
