"Maybe we will cancel these privatisations because we have higher expectations. For example we will reassess the issue of roads and bridges," he said in a television interview with the broadcaster Haberturk.

A consortium of Turkey's Koc Holding, Gozde Girisim and Malaysia's UEM Group Berhad won a tender last month for the privatisation of Turkey's toll roads and bridges with a bid of $5.72 billion.