State withholdings (Social Security Institution premiums, income tax withholdings, etc.) are calculated in accordance with predetermined parameters. Within that framework, same parameters are subject to change of January. The parameters applicable are rearranged as follows as to be applied on taxation of the income of the calendar year 2009.

Companies that foresaw the crisis continue to invest without slowing down despite the economic recession. Siemens, one of the biggest companies that provide technology, inaugurated officially the company's new production facility in Gebze Industrial Zone, with an investment that will reach 100 million euros. Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Hilmi Gürel expressed in his speech in the ceremony: "CEO's should not only use the wind turbines but produce them in Turkey."

The Rail Infrastructure Products Factory that is launched by large German transport technology manufacturer Vossloh in Erzincan Organized Industrial Zone is inaugrated.

Minister of Transportation Binali Yıldırım, Governor Abdulkadir Demir, Mayor  Mehmet Buyruk, TCDD (Turksh Government Railways) Director General Süleyman Karaman,  PTT Director General Osman Tural, Advisor to Ministery of Transportation  Habip Soluk, Deputy Undersecretary for Maritime Affairs Hasan  Naiboğlu, Undersecretary of Ministry of Finance Hasan Basri Aktan, General Manager of  Vossloh Fastening Systems GmbH Peter Mertens,  Vossloh AG Board Member Norbert Schiedeck and many  other guests participated in inaugration of rail infrastructure products factory that is launched by Vossloh Group, a leading German company operating in rail infrastructure and rail technology market.