Turkish fin. min.: National Lottery to be privatized

ANKARA

The Turkish National Lottery is to be privatized, Turkish Finance Minister Naci Agbal said on Friday.

"We are determined to privatize the National Lottery. Fullscale bid preparations are underway. We want to privatize it in 2016," Agbal told the Anadolu Agency Editorial Desk.

Plans to privatize the National Lottery had been announced on Nov. 4 with several companies announcing that they were prepared to bid.

Turkish fin. min.: National Lottery to be privatized

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