'Turkey to enter normalization process after elections'

By Merve Ozlem Cakir, Deniz Cicek Palabiyik and Cuneyt Kemal Ozkok</p> <p>ANKARA (AA) – Turkey will quickly enter a normalization process following the March 31 municipal elections, the country’s treasury and finance minister said late Thursday.</p> <p>There will be no election issues in Turkey for 4.5 years following the polls, and the country will swiftly proceed into a new era, Berat Albayrak stressed in a television broadcast.</p> <p>&quot;After the elections, Turkey will enter into a reform period, where there will be positive results of the economic rebalancing period,&quot; he noted.</p> <p>These economic reforms will be announced during the week of April 8, he said.</p> <p> &quot;In the coming period, Turkey's foreign trade will be balanced and its fragility will be eliminated,&quot; he added.</p> <p>Turkey will take the necessary steps to strengthen its financial ecosystem, he said.</p> <p>He said monetary and fiscal policies will be normalized in coordination.</p> <p>The Central Bank is also taking steps independently and will continue to take steps in its own way, Albayrak stressed.</p> <p>&quot;In recent days, there have been currency fluctuations based on speculative information in Turkey,&quot; he said.</p> <p>Several people who are reputed to be economists are spreading disinformation in many channels, he noted.</p> <p>He added that speculation should be tackled more efficiently.</p> <p>Turkey's potential is in its current position in world trade. The country has the capacity for meeting $250 billion to $300 billion in exports, he noted.</p> <p>*Writing by Gokhan Ergocun from Istanbul

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