Republic of Turkey pre-accession economic programme 2009

Abstract

Turkey has prepared the Pre-Accession Economic Programme (PEP) and has submitted to the European Commission since 2001, responding to the request of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN Council) dated 26/27 November 2000. The 2009 PEP covering the 2010-2012 period is the ninth program that has been prepared under the coordination of the Undersecretariat of State Planning Organization1 with the contributions of relevant ministries and institutions. PEP is prepared on the basis of the Medium Term Programme (2010-2012). Recent Economic Developments and Public Finance sections do not include some data which were announced during PEP preparation period. On the other hand, it is considered that these data support the framework for medium-term outlook. In the 2009 Progress Report covering October 2008-September 2009 period, the European Commission has assessed that consensus on economic policy essentials implemented in Turkey has been preserved even under the challenging economic circumstances.