Turkey will launch a tender to sell the state-run natural-gas distributor Baskent Dogalgaz, in the capital Ankara, toward the end of this year, Finance Minister Mehmet Simsek said at a conference yesterday.
He also said the government would determine privatization strategies for the state-held shares in land-line phone operator Turk Telekom and lender Halkbank, taking into account the market climate in the near term.
(KATHIMERINI, 10/31/2009)