Turkey and Y2K

Government Y2K Committee (http://y2000.dpt.gov.tr/ ,in Turkish)

• Selcuk Kavasoglu, Project Coordinator, selcuk@dpt.gov.tr - In September 1998, State Planning Organisation, on behalf of the Turkish Government, initated the Y2K project in cooperation with the World Bank. The aim of the project is to develop a National Action Plan in order to increase awareness in the country and to coordinate public efforts for the solution of the problem with minimum interruption in the services.
• Ugur Uygur, Project Manager, Telephone* +90.312.2308720-5809, e-mail address uuygur@dpt.gov.tr
  • Devlet Planlama Teskilati
  • Necatibey cad. No:108 Bakanliklar 06100
  • Ankara, Turkey
  • Telephone number +90.312.2308641
  • Telefax number +90.312.2313681

Gartner Group March 5th Report Summary for Turkey:

Bank for International Settlements (BIS) - Year 2000 Council - Turkey

• TIC-RTGS
• Istanbul Stock Exchange - International Market
  • ISTINYE 80860 ISTANBUL/TURKEY
  • Telephone Number 90 - 212 - 298 21 00
  • Telefax number 90 - 212 - 298 25 00
  • Web site address www.ise.org
  • e-mail address cguveno@imkb.gov.tr  oerdogu@imkb.gov.tr
  • Year 2000 Coordinator: Canan Guven OKAN - Information Systems Center - Chief Information Officer
  • Year 2000 Coordinator: Oguz ERDOGU, Information Systems Center - Assistant to Chief Information Officer
    • Telephone 90 - 212 - 298 24 30
• Istanbul Stock Exchange - Equities Trading System
• Istanbul Stock Exchange - Bills and Bonds Trading System
• Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey http://www.tcmb.gov.tr - The Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey has taken responsibility to participate in follow-up and solution of the Year 2000 problem as the ultimate authority responsible from the supervision of banks, special finance houses and their overseas operations and assuring the appropriate functioning of the international payment systems between Turkey and other countries.
  • Isitklal Cad. No:10
  • TR-06100 Ulus, Ankara-Turkey
  • Telephone number (90) 312-310 36 46 (74 lines)
  • Telefax number (90) 312-310 74 34
  • e-mail address gseinfo@temb220.gov.tr info@tcmb.gov.tr
  • Year 2000 Coordinator, Mr. A. Vefa Çelik, General Manager, Banking Department
    • Chairman, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Year 2000 Committee
    • Telephone (90) 312-312 43 12
    • Telefax (90) 312-310 26 00
    • e-mail address Vefa. Celik@tcmb.gov.tr
  • Mr. Mahmut S. Erog, General Manager, Data Processing Department
    • Member, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey Year 2000 Committee
    • Telephone (90) 312-311 69 80
    • Telefax (90) 312-311 15 84
    • mse@tcmb.gov.tr

Participants List (UN Y2K Meeting in Dec 1998) for Turkey: Coban Hasan, MIS Expert, Preparation of Action Plan for Y2K

International Energy Agency: Oil Supply Chain Y2K Hyperlinks

• Y2K bug threatens oil industry (10,000+ microprocessors per offshore platform and 100+ North Sea platforms)
• Checking the Chips (discussion of embedded chips used on sea floor to control wellheads)
• World Oil magazine article (October 1998) on gas pipeline Y2K problems (compressor controls, flow calculations, Supervisory Control and Data Acquistion Systems (SCADA), control computers, metering, mobile devices and electronic bulletin board systems used
• Tava's Embedded Systems Case Studies (see #4 which includes a note on a Catalytic Cracker).

World Bank: infoDev - Year 2000 Resources

Edison Electric Institute Y2K Resources

• Preparing the Electric Power Systems of North America for Transition to the Year 2000
• Electric Power and Y2K – NERC-DOE Status Report Facts
• NERC's 4th Quarter 1998 Y2K Report to DOE-

• EEI Member Y2K Sites
• American Gas Association and Y2K
• American Public Power Association and Y2K
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Y2K
• National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Y2K

Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

North American Electric Reliability Council

• IBM: Utility and energy services (does not cover Turkey, but might be a resource)
• Nuclear Utilities Software Management Group

International Air Transport Association (IATA)

NATO HQ Y2K Home Page - Turkey is a member of NATO.  There are some guideline that might be of use:

• Integrated Product Team (IPT) Agenda, Minutes and Action Items
• Y2K Information - Year2000 Best Practices - COTS
• Documents and Forms - Standards - Tools
• Y2K Support Cell Contacts

TechNet - Year 2000 Product Guide - Turkisk Language upgrade and support

Microsoft TechNet ITHome - Microsoft Year 2000 Product Guide - (Testing) Turkisk Language upgrade and support

Microsoft TechNet ITHome - Microsoft Year 2000 Product Guide (Non-Compliant)refers to  http://www.microsoft.com/services/technet/topics/year2k/product/User_View14956EN.htm   Works 4.0 (Turkish) - 32-Bit Win Not Compliant

Microsoft TechNet ITHome - Microsoft Year 2000 Product Guide (All Products)

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