Turkey 2006  
 



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

Prof. Dr. Beşir ATALAY
Minister of State

Ahmet TIKTIK
Undersecretary, State Planning Organization

Mustafa İSEN
Undersecretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Prof. Dr. Necat BİRİNCİ
Undersecretary, Ministry of National Education

Rauf BOZKURT
Secretary General, Turkish Grand National Assembly

Bülent SERİM
Deputy Secretary General, Office of the President

Major General Sabri DEMİREZEN
Secretary General, Office of the Chief of General Staff

Salih MELEK
Acting Director General of Press and Information

Dr. Süleyman Hilmi BENGİ
Director General, Anatolian News Agency

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

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

Bayram Bilge TOKEL
Director General of Fine Arts, Ministry of Culture and Tourism

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

Esengül CİVELEK
Director General for the Status of Women

Prof. Dr. Yusuf HALAÇOĞLU
President, Turkish Historical Society

Celal TOK
Acting President, National Library

Muammer Yaşar ÖZGÜL
President, GAP Regional Development Administration

Atilla GÜNAY
Deputy Director General of Policy Planning, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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

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

Prof. Dr. Yusuf Ziya İRBEÇ
Vice President of Uğur Educational Institutions, Bahçeşehir University

Associate Dr. Mehmet GÜNAL
Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Gazi University

Ercan TÜRK
Head, Department of Strategy Development, Ministry of National Education

Kayhan ÜNAL
Press Counsellor, Ministry of Labor and Social Security

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.