FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Amendment No. 4
to
Annual Report
of
The Republic of Turkey
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2002
| Securities Registered* | ||
| (As of the close of the fiscal year) |
| Amounts as to | Names of | |||||
| Which Registration | Exchanges on | |||||
| Title of Issue | is Effective | Which Registered | ||||
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Names and address of persons authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission
Republic of Turkey Consulate General in New York
Economic Counselor
821 U.N. Plaza
4th Floor
New York, New York 10017
* The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis.
| THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY | ||||||||
| SIGNATURE | ||||||||
| OPINION | ||||||||
| OPINION OF ARNOLD & PORTER | ||||||||
THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
Reference is made to the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on March 6, 2003 and effective as of March 10, 2003 (Registration Number 333-103059) (the “Registration Statement”) of The Republic of Turkey (the “Registrant”).
The sole purpose of this Amendment is to file with the Commission the legal opinions included as Exhibits J and K hereof in accordance with the Registrant’s undertaking in the Registration Statement to furnish copies of such legal opinions as may be required (including the opinion of the Legal Advisor to the Registrant) in connection with any issue of securities under the Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, at New York, New York on the 14th day of January, 2004.
| REPUBLIC OF TURKEY | ||||
| By: | /s/ Melih Nemli | |||
| Melih Nemli Deputy Director General of Foreign Economic Relations Undersecretariat of Treasury Prime Ministry | ||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | ||||||
| Number | Page Number | |||||
| A | None | |||||
| B | None | |||||
| * C | Copy of the 2003 Annual Budget of Turkey | |||||
| * D | Current Turkey Description | |||||
| * E | Description of Amendments to be made to Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1998, between the Republic of Turkey and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Fiscal Agent | |||||
| * F | Form of Amendment No. 1, dated as of September 17, 2003, to Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1998, between the Republic of Turkey and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Fiscal Agent | |||||
| * G | Opinion of the First Legal Advisor, Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey dated September 24, 2003. | |||||
| * H | Opinion of Arnold & Porter dated September 24, 2003 | |||||
| * I | Form of Amendment No. 2, dated as of January 7, 2004, to Fiscal Agency Agreement, dated as of December 15, 1998, between the Republic of Turkey and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Fiscal Agent | |||||
| J | Opinion of the First Legal Advisor, Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey dated January 14, 2004. | |||||
| K | Opinion of Arnold & Porter dated January 14, 2004. | |||||
| * | Previously filed. |
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