Nearly 1,700 troops from 14 countries including Turkey are participating in the exercises. Admiral Joseph Lopez, Commander of the Southern European NATO Forces, noted that the exercises were a message to the conflicting sides in Kosovo. It is reported that the meetings will be an important step for a peaceful solution to the Kosovo problem. A partnership agreement between the Eti Holding, which has put out a tender for the facilities, and Bayindir and Park Holding will be signed in the forthcoming days. The investments will nearly cost TL 100 trillion.
Beypazari facilities have the richest mineral water reserves of the world.
Foreign companies have previously proposed that they could establish the facilities between seven and 10 years. However Turkish firms noted that they could establish the facilities in five years' time. The traffic accidents happened in Corum, in the Tarsus district of Icel, in the Ispir district of Erzurum, on the Isparta-Gelendost highway and in the Elbeyli district of Kilis. The crisis in Russia will not affect Turkey, believes Gunes Taner, state minister responsible for economy. Replying to journalists' questions Taner said that the devaluation in Russia was not a surprise given the fluctuations in the global economy and said that none of these developments can affect Turkey.