SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 18-K/A
For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
ANNUAL REPORT
OF
THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
(Name of Registrant)
Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2013
SECURITIES REGISTERED*
(As of the close of the fiscal year)
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| Title of Issue | | Amounts as to which registration is effective | | Names of exchanges on which registered |
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Names and address of persons authorized to receive notices
and communications from the Securities and Exchange Commission
EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
OFFICE OF THE COUNSELOR FOR ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
2525 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20008 / U.S.A.
Phone: (202)-612 6790 Fax: (202)-238 0627
Copies to:
STEVEN G. TEPPER, ESQ.
Arnold & Porter LLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
| * | The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis. |
THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
Reference is made to the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on December 2, 2010 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto filed with the Commission on January 21, 2011) and effective as of February 3, 2011 (Registration Number 333-170922) (the “Registration Statement”) of the Republic of Turkey (the “Registrant”).
The sole purpose of this Amendment No. 1 is to file with the Commission (i) the recent developments in the Republic as of January 7, 2015, which is included as Exhibit D-1 hereto and which updates and amends the Current Description of the Republic previously filed as Exhibit D, (ii) the legal opinions included as Exhibits E and F 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 and (iii) the underwriting agreement which is included as Exhibit G.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Ankara, Turkey on the 13th day of January, 2015.
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| REPUBLIC OF TURKEY |
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| By: | | /s/ Hakan TOKAÇ |
| | Hakan TOKAÇ Director General Undersecretariat of the Treasury |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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| A | | None |
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| B | | None |
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| * C | | Copy of the 2014 Annual Budget of the Republic (in Turkish) |
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| * D | | Current Description of the Republic |
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| D-1 | | Recent Developments in the Republic as of January 7, 2015 |
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| E | | Opinion of the First Legal Advisor, Prime Ministry of the Republic of Turkey dated January 13, 2015 |
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| F | | Opinion of Arnold & Porter LLP dated January 13, 2015 |
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| G | | Underwriting Agreement dated January 7, 2015 |
