| dc.description.abstract | Turkey, as an accedingcountry for European Union (EU) membership, 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 PEP (2011-2013) has been prepared under the coordination of the Undersecretariat of State Planning Organization with the contributions of relevant ministries and institutions, and adopted by the decision of the High Planning Council1No.2011/1.Pre-Accession Economic Programme is prepared within the scope of the Ninth Development Plan (2007-2013), on the basis of the Medium Term Programme (2011-2013) and the 2011 Annual Programme. The newly released data during the period between Medium Term Programme (MTP) publication and PEP preparation implicate that some macroeconomic variables in MTP may realize below or above the2010 realization estimates. However, these developments are not consideredas developments that will change the medium term trends. Because of that, the framework of MTP for medium-term outlook and projections hasbeen kept in PEP |
