Turkey to cut telecommunications tax

Turkey's ruling AK Party will cut the country's telecommunications taxes, the highest in the world, during its second term in office, said Transport and Communications Minister Ismet Yilmaz.
Temporary tax measures were introduced in Turkey following a 1999 earthquake, Yilmaz said. Those taxes were never removed, giving Turkey telecommunication taxes of 60 percent. Uganda has the second highest telecom taxes in the world at 30 percent, he said. "An improvement will be made in the coming period on taxes that were meant to be put in place as a temporary measure," said Yilmaz.