Turkey - Factors to Watch on Oct 14

ANKARA, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Here are news, reports and events that may affect Turkish financial markets on Wednesday.

The lira traded at 49.3925 against the U.S. dollar at 0420 GMT, after closing at 49.3675 on Tuesday.

The BIST 100 index closed 0.82% higher at 12,250.68 points on Tuesday.

GLOBAL MARKETS

Asian shares inched higher on Wednesday as those related to artificial intelligence found respite after a selloff, while any gain was tempered by elevated oil prices and caution ahead of U.S. inflation data later in the global day.

ENERGY MINISTER

Energy Minister Alparslan Bayraktar will attend an event on liquefied gas in Istanbul. (0700 GMT)

INDUSTRY MINISTER

Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir will attend the closing of an event on competitive fields in Ankara. He will then attend the Turkey Scientific Communication Summit and another programme on energy transformation. (0545 GMT) (0815 GMT) (1030 GMT)

TRADE MINISTER

Trade Minister Omer Bolat will meet Belgian Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot in Brussels and later hold talks with members of the European Commission.

AGRICULTURE MINISTER

Agriculture and Forestry Minister Ibrahim Yumakli will attend the Rome Water Dialogue programme as part of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organisation's (FAO) World Food Forum.

PARLIAMENT SPEAKER

Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus will attend a meeting with Turkish citizens in Rome.

OPPOSITION

Ozgur Ozel, chairman of the main opposition New Party, will follow the court case of jailed Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu. (0700 GMT)

PARLIAMENT

Opposition IYI Party (0730 GMT) and the New Path Party (0630 GMT) will hold their parliamentary group meetings.

Parliament's Planning and Budget Commission will debate a bill on the liquidated funds. (0700 GMT)

GULF CONFLICT

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in a phone call on Tuesday that Turkey would continue to stand by Saudi Arabia amid attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants, the Turkish presidency said.

EU-TURKEY

Turkey's Trade Minister Omer Bolat on Tuesday said Ankara respected the idea of the European Union's Industrial Accelerator Act and shared the concerns of rising imports from other countries but that the solution should not be excluding "trusted partners".

CURRENT ACCOUNT

Turkey's central bank said on Tuesday the country's current account deficit in August reversed to a surplus of $4.053 billion.