ANKARA
Turkish Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan has said, "The road to Turkey's 2013 targets passes from 6 percent growth."
Caglayan made statements in regards to Turkey's economic agenda following his Libya visit.
Evaluating the statements of the head of Central Bank Erdem Basci, Caglayan said, "Currently we have kept inflation numbers at a single digit, reached our target with mid-term program and current accounts deficit's ratio to gross domestic product has reduced to 6.5 percent. The road to Turkey's 2013 targets passes from 6 percent growth. We will reach the 6 percent growth with our numbers of the current accounts deficit, inflation and other figures."
Stating that Turkey had the opportunity and should not miss it, Caglayan said, "You don't always get the chance in commerce. Today, the economic situation Europe's in, the economic situation the world is in, have brought Turkey to a different position. Turkey has become stronger and more stable than the European economy. At a time like this where the ones ahead of us have started to slow down or when even some stopped, we should 'speed up'."
Caglayan reminded the mid-term program growth expectation to be 4 percent and said, "We deserve to grow more."
