Turkish Min Sees 08 Wheat Output Up Over 10% On Yr-IHA

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ANKARA (IHA)--Turkey expects 2008 wheat output to rise more than 10% on year, Agriculture Minister Mehdi Eker told a news conference Thursday, the Ihlas NewsAgency, or IHA, reported. Turkey's 2007 wheat production fell 13.9% to 17.2 million metric tons, the Turkish Statistics Institute, or TUIK, said in late March.