ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan'sspouse Emine Erdogan returned to Turkey from flood-hit Pakistan after completingher talks.Turkish State Minister and Chief Negotiator for EU talks Egemen Bagis, StateMinister Selma Aliye Kavaf and a delegation of about 60 people also returned toAnkara with Emine Erdogan.(SOL-GC)

OTTAWA (A.A) - Turkey's parliament speaker, who is currently inCanada to hold a series of talks, assessed Canadian federal senate's 2004 dateddecision on the Armenian allegations on incidents of 1915 during his recentmeeting with the speaker of the Senate of Canada.Turkish Parliament Speaker Mehmet Ali Sahin, who is visiting Canada for theG-20 Parliament Speakers'meeting, held talks with Noel Kinsella, Speaker ofSenate of Canada, in Ottawa on Thursday.During the gathering, Sahin told his Canadian counterpart that parliamentswere not the authorities to make judgements on historical matters, officialssaid.Sahin also noted that he welcomed Canadian authorities'more objectiveassessments in recent years.Moreover, Canadian Senate Speaker Kinsella said that the protocols signed byTurkey and Armenia in the recent term constituted a progressive step in theprocess.(DO-GC)

ANKARA (A.A) - Turkish military said that Turkish and U.S.military chiefs met and discussed military and regional issues in Ankara onFriday.Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS),paid a visit to Turkish Chief of General Staff Gen. Isik Kosaner in the Turkishcapital on Friday. Kosaner welcomed Mullen with full military honors at theTurkish military headquarters in Ankara. Their meeting was closed to press corps.In a statement posted on its website, Turkish military said that the meetingfocused on military and regional issues that armed forces of both countries wereinterested in.Earlier in the day, Turkey's foreign ministry spokesman said that Turkishgovernment was positive"in principle"on use of Turkish territory duringtransfer of non-combat U.S. equipment and technical materials as U.S. forces haveput an end to combat operations in Iraq.(TÇ-BRC)

ANKARA (A.A) - The Istanbul Stock Exchange touched all-timehigh on Friday and closed at 60,998.84 points.The benchmark National-100 index rose 133.11 points at the end of secondtrading session. Stocks gained 0.22 percent in value. During the session, theindex also saw 61,253.85 points which was the highest ever level the index hit inhistory.Turkey's consumer and producer prices indices rose slightly in August.Turkey's statistical authority, TurkStat, announced that consumer pricesincreased by 0.40 percent and producer prices climbed 1.15% month-on-month inAugust. TurkStat said that the annual inflation as of August was 8.33% inconsumer prices and 9.03% in producer prices. The inflation in the first eightmonths of 2010 has been 3.50% in consumer prices and 5.98% in producer prices.The Turkish lira slightly gained against the U.S. dollar and Euro. One U.S.dollar traded at 1.5030 and Euro at 1.9300 at Istanbul free market.A total of 46 kilograms of gold was traded at the Istanbul Gold Exchange.The trading volume was 790,255 Turkish liras in six transactions on TL-basis andit was 1.3 million USD in eight transactions on USD-basis.The Interbank Turkish Lira Reference Interest Rate (TRLIBOR) -- overnightinterest rate -- decreased to 6.9913 percent.The amount of money in circulation was up on Thursday. According to theCentral Bank data released on Friday, the volume of Turkish currency incirculation rose 380.4 million TL in a day to 44.7 billion TL. The bank saidmoney in circulation was 44.3 billion TL on Wednesday.Following are the charts wrapping up Friday's major economic indicators:TRLIBOR RATESTRLIBOR RATE MATURITY PERCENT Overnight 6.9913 1-Week 7.0350 1-Month 7.4163 2-Month 7.5185 3-Month 7.6805 6-Month 8.2600 9-Month 8.5688 1-Year 8.6475FOREIGN EXCHANGE RATES THURSDAY FRIDAY Buying Selling Buying Selling USD 1.5120 1.5150 1.4980 1.5030 Euro 1.9370 1.9410 1.9260 1.9300 British Pound 2.3250 2.34502.3200 2.3450 Swiss Franc 1.4800 1.4950 1.4700 1.4850 ANKARA USD 1.5080 1.5180 1.4970 1.5070 Euro 1.9310 1.9460 1.9250 1.9400 British Pound 2.3050 2.3450 2.3000 2.3500 DAILY PERFORMANCE OF SHARES AT ISE SHARES INCREASE% 01 - BOROVA YAPI 13.95 02 - KENT GIDA 12.84 03 - BOROVA YAPI (YENI) 11.86 04 - EKIZ YAG 11.68 05 -DERIMOD 11.27 06 - LATEK LOJISTIK 9.73 07 - BOYNER BUYUK M. 8.97 08 - T.DEMIRDOKUM 8.24 09 - RAY SIGORTA 8.05 10 - AK YATIRIM ORT. 7.84 SHARES DECREASE% 01 -FRIGO PAK GIDA -6.04 02 - SILVERLINE -4.10 03 - DENTAS AMBALAJ -3.74 04 - DENIZBANK -3.31 05 - TRABZON SPOR -3.20 06 - FAVORI DINLENME -3.15 07 - HAZNEDAR TUGLA -3.0908 - ANADOLU CAM -2.80 09 - EGS YAT. ORT. -2.70 10 - PIMAS -2.13 ISTANBUL GOLD EXCHANGE IAB TL/KG USD/OUNCE EURO/OUNCE Previous Closing 60,675.00 1,250.00 929.00 Lowest 60,620.00 1,240.00 Highest 60,900.00 1,253.00 Closing 60,630.00 1,242.00 Average Weighted Price 60,788.85 1,249.52 Transaction Amount (Kg)13 33 Number of Transactions 6 8 Transaction Volume (TL-USD-Euro) 790,255.00 1,325,703.70Total Transaction Amount (Kg) 46 Total Number of Transactions 14 IAB Index Previous Closing 2,874 IAB Index Today's Closing 2,856IAB Index Change (percent) -0.63(TÇ-CE)

ISTANBUL (A.A) - A total of 46 kilograms of gold was traded atthe Istanbul Gold Exchange (IAB) on Friday.The trading volume was 790,255 Turkish liras in six transactions on TL-basisand it was 1.3 million USD in eight transactions on USD-basis.The basic statistics of the transactions in the first and second sessions atthe IAB are as follows:IAB TL/KG USD/OUNCE EURO/OUNCE Previous Closing 60,675.00 1,250.00 929.00 Lowest 60,620.001,240.00 Highest 60,900.00 1,253.00 Closing 60,630.00 1,242.00 Average Weighted Price60,788.85 1,249.52 Transaction Amount (Kg) 13 33 Number of Transactions 6 8Transaction Volume (TL-USD-Euro) 790,255.00 1,325,703.70 Total Transaction Amount (Kg) 46 Total Number of Transactions 14 IAB Index Previous Closing2,874 IAB Index Today's Closing 2,856IAB Index Change (percent) -0.63(BRC-CE)

ISTANBUL (A.A) - The top 10 shares in terms of value gained andlost on daily-basis on Friday at the Istanbul Stock Exchange (ISE) are asfollows:SHARES INCREASE% 01 - BOROVA YAPI 13.95 02 - KENT GIDA 12.84 03 - BOROVA YAPI (YENI) 11.86 04 - EKIZ YAG 11.68 05 - DERIMOD 11.27 06 - LATEK LOJİSTİK 9.73 07 - BOYNER BUYUK M. 8.97 08 - T.DEMIRDOKUM 8.24 09 - RAY SIGORTA 8.05 10 - AK YATIRIM ORT. 7.84 SHARES DECREASE% 01 - FRIGO PAK GIDA -6.04 02 - SILVERLINE -4.10 03 - DENTAS AMBALAJ -3.74 04 - DENIZBANK -3.31 05 - TRABZON SPOR -3.20 06 - FAVORI DINLENME -3.15 07 - HAZNEDAR TUGLA -3.09 08 - ANADOLU CAM -2.80 09 - EGS YAT. ORT.-2.70 10 - PIMAS -2.13 (DO-CE)