When Durmus Yilmaz hands over the reins as governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey (CBRT) to his deputy Erdem Basci after completing his five-year term in April 2011, he will leave behind a remarkable legacy.
Consumer price inflation, which surpassed 70% in 2001 and was still at 9.6% when Mr Yilmaz took charge in 2006, came in at just under 4% year on year for March 2011, the lowest rate in more than 40 years.
