PRIVATIZATION

This section is based on Privatization Administration publications

Privatization has been on Turkey's agenda since 1985. In addition to reducing the state's involvement in economic activities, privatization aims to relieve the financial burden of loss-making State Enterprises on the national budget. It also helps develop capital markets. Since 1985, state shares in 209 companies, 4 power generations, 21 incomplete plants and 5 real estates have been taken into the scope of privatization portfolio.

Since 1985, total sale value of privatization implementations has been about USD 7.3 billion. Some of these asset and share sales were made on installment payment and foreign exchange basis and as of July 31, 2000, USD 6.8 billion privatization revenue has been realised. The discrepancy between the sales value and net revenues stems from interest on payment by installments and exchange rate variations in the case of foreign exchange payments.

Total income from organisations on the privatization program during the 1985-July 2000 period, together with the USD 1.9 billion dividend income and USD 0.8 billion other income, reached to USD 9.5 billion. In the same period, total privatization expenses were USD 8.8 billion. The largest item in privatization expenditures (about 90%) is the finance of the companies in the privatization portfolio in the form of capital increase and loans.

Recent Major Developments:

PRIVATIZATION GROSS REVENUES

  1986-1998
($)
1999
($)
2000
($)
TOTAL
($)
Block Sale 2,031,702,613 0 1,469,015,865 3,500,718,478
Asset Sale 622,312,085 37,807,103 81,221,138 741,340,573
Public Offering 673,899,791 0 876,985,752 1,550,885,543
International offering 721,949,083 0 266,456,935 988,406,018
I.S.E. Sale 526,587,764 0 0 526,587,764
Incompleted Asset Sale 3,847,242 521,550 0 4,368,792
TOTAL 4,580,298,578 38,328,653 2,693,679,690 7,312,307,168

 

 

PRIVATIZATION IMPLEMENTATIONS BY YEARS
(Million $)

 

 

 

 

 

PRIVATIZATION ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMME FOR 2000
(Termination Time Table)

1. QUARTER 2. QUARTER 3. QUARTER 4. QUARTER
DENIZ NAKLIYAT
(Sea Freight)
ORUS (Asset)
(Forestry)
PETROL OFISI
(Petroleum Dist.)
TÜPRAS (IPO)
(Petroleum Refining)
ATAKÖY MARINA-HOTEL
QUOTED SHARES
PARTICIPATIONS
THY (Block)
ERDEMIR (IPO)
PARTICIPATIONS
TÜPRAS (Block/IPO)
(Petroleum Refining)
ANKARA INSURANCE
GÜVEN INSURANCE
PETKIM YARIMCA
(Petrochemicals)
(Airlines)
TÜGSAS
PETKIM (Block/IPO)
(Petrochemicals)
ASIL ÇELIK
(Iron and Steel)
EBAS (Asset)
ISDEMIR
(Iron and Steel)
PARTICIPATIONS
(Fertilizer)
IGSAS
(Fertilizer)
ATAKÖY TOURISM
(Meat Processing)
KBI (Asset)
KBI (Block)
(Copper)
   
(Copper)
TAKSAN
(Machine Industry)
SEKA (Asset)
(Pulp and Paper)
SUMER HOLDING
   
TURBAN (Asset)
(Tourism)
(Textile)
TRABZON PORT
   
TZDK (Asset) (Maritime)    
(Agriculture)
ETAG
(Wood Products)
TUMOSAN
(Machinery)
   

 

2000 Sub total of Privatization implementations (Million $) 5.200
2000 Sub total of cash to be received (Million $) 3.100

Source: Privatization Administration