YILDIRIM:TURKEY FOLLOWS CHINA WITH 8.5$ GROWTH RATE

Yıldırım attended an iftar dinner organized by Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association in Izmir. Yıldırım said that Turkey has to keep this opportunity that it has seized for long years to make up for its lost years. Yıldırım reminded that Turkey has reached a position so as to offer $ 5 billion to rescue the IMF from the crisis.

Environment and Urbanization Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar for his part said that if income per capita in Turkey rose from $ 3 thousand to over $ 10 thousand in 9.5 years, this has been done for Turkey's welfare.