"Kapoor, Arrun" <kapoor@eurasiagroup.net> on 04/05/2001 12:01:44 PM
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Subject: former Turkish Prime Minister Tansu Ciller in Eurasia Group Round 
table, "Turkey's Political Stability"


Please find attached an invitation to our upcoming roundtable, "Turkey's
Political Stability," with former Turkish Prime Minister, Tansu Ciller.  The
program will be held on Friday, May 4th in the New York offices of Eurasia
Group.

Please email info@eurasiagroup.net or call Jonathan Whitmore at 212.213.3112
with any questions.  To register for the roundtable please fax the
registration form to 212.213.3075.

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Eurasia Group is pleased to announce a breakfast roundtable in the next in
our Eurasia Forum series:

TURKEY'S POLITICAL STABILITY with TANSU CILLER, FORMER TURKISH PRIME
MINISTER

Discussant: TBD

Chair: Ian Bremmer, President, Eurasia Group

DATE: Friday, 4 May 2001
TIME: 8:30am - 10:00am
PLACE: Eurasia Group Executive Offices
461 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor (enter on 40th Street)
New York, NY  10017

A public row between the Turkish president and prime minister in
mid-February sparked market turmoil that resulted in an overnight 30%
devaluation in the lira and a crash of the IMF-backed stabilization program.
These events led to the resignations of the central bank governor and
treasury undersecretary and have tested the staying power of the country's
three-party government coalition.  In response to this instability, the
Turkish government appointed former World Bank Vice President, Kemal Dervis,
as the new Minister of Economics in hopes of resuscitating the country's
fledgling economy.

Ciller was elected Prime Minister in June 1993; her True Path party led
several coalition governments until 1996.  After losing her seat in 1996,
her party formed a coalition with the center-right Motherland Party which
was followed by an alliance with the conservative far-right Welfare Party.
The later move resulted in heightened tension between True Path and the
military and business establishment.  In the current financial turmoil, Ms.
Ciller has attempted to reposition herself as a force that will regain the
nation's financial and political stability.



TURKEY'S POLITICAL STABILITY
4 MAY 2001    ?   NEW YORK

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by Wednesday, May 2nd via fax to 212.213.3075 or via e-mail to
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This event is an informal business discussion with U.S. and foreign policy
makers, press, and senior level executives from companies active or
interested in Turkey.  The formal presentation will be on-the-record; the
Q&A will be off.  If you have any questions or need further information
please contact Jonathan Whitmore or Arrun Kapoor of Eurasia Group at tel.
212.213.3112; please RSVP via fax to 212.213.3075 or e-mail to
info@eurasiagroup.net.  Participation fee: $150; complimentary for Eurasia
Group members and press.

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Arrun Kapoor
Director, Programming
Eurasia Group
461 Fifth Avenue, Floor 14
New York, New York  10017
t: 212.213.3112
f: 212.213.3075
www.eurasiagroup.net

 - Invite NY.pdf