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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 18-K/A

 

 

For Foreign Governments and Political Subdivisions Thereof

AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

ANNUAL REPORT

OF

THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

(Name of Registrant)

 

 

Date of end of last fiscal year: December 31, 2018

 

 

SECURITIES REGISTERED*

(As of the close of the fiscal year)

 

 

 

 

Title of Issue  

Amounts as to

which registration

is effective

  

Names of

exchanges on

which registered

N/A   N/A   N/A

 

 

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 TREASURY AND FINANCIAL AFFAIRS

2525 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. WASHINGTON D.C. 20008 / U.S.A.

Phone: (202) 612-6790 Fax: (202) 238-0627

 

 

Copies to:

CHRISTOPHER P. PETERSON, ESQ.

Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP

250 West 55th Street

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

*

The Registrant is filing this annual report on a voluntary basis.

 

 

 

THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY

The purpose of this Amendment No. 2 is to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (i) the recent developments in the Republic as of February 6, 2020, which is included as Exhibit D-2 hereto and which updates and amends the Current Description of the Republic previously filed as Exhibit D, (ii) the legal opinions included as Exhibits H and I 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, (iii) the underwriting agreement which is included as Exhibit J hereto and (iv) a form of note which is included as Exhibit K hereto.

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number		     
   A    None
   B    None
* C    Copy of the 2019 Annual Budget of the Republic (in Turkish)(P)
* D    Current Description of the Republic as of September 26, 2019
* D-1    Recent Developments in the Republic as of November 6, 2019
   D-2    Recent Developments in the Republic as of February 6, 2020
* E    Opinion of the First Legal Advisor, Ministry of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Turkey dated November 14, 2019
* F    Opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP dated November 14, 2019
* G    Underwriting Agreement dated November 6, 2019
   H    Opinion of the First Legal Advisor, Ministry of Treasury and Finance of the Republic of Turkey dated February 13, 2020
   I    Opinion of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP dated February 13, 2020
   J    Underwriting Agreement dated February 6, 2020
   K    Form of Note

 

*

Previously filed.

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 February, 2020.

 

REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
By:   /s/ Yavuz ALKAN
  Yavuz ALKAN
 

Acting Head of Department,

Ministry of Treasury and Finance