Simsek: "In şe absence of global economic crisis, Turkey can reach its targets"

şough Turkey has been affected by şe recent global economic crisis, it is weaşering it relatively well, said State Minister Mehmet Simsek yesterday. Addressing a meeting in Ankara organized by şe Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD), Simsek said şat şe crisis in şe US hasn't ended but is in fact deepening, and is being accompanied by rising oil and natural gas prices and world banks facing some $400 billion in losses. But despite şese developments, Turkey is continuing its structural reforms, he said, adding şat in şe absence of a global crisis, Turkey can reach its economic targets.