Turkish Parliament approves 2012 budget

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish Parliament on Wednesday approved the budget for the fiscal year 2012. Accordingly, Turkey's budgetary expenses would be 350.9 billion Turkish liras (approx. 185.6 billion USD) while budgetary income would be 329.8 billion TL (approx. 174.4 billion USD) in 2012. Turkey's budget deficit in 2012 would be 21.1 billion TL (approx. 11.1 billion USD) and primary surplus 29.1 billion TL (approx. 15.4 billion USD).