KEDV & Citi Turkey Offer Training for Women Microentrepreneurs

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Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi's major brand names include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, Banamex and Nikko. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.


	Printer Friendly Page		FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C) May 01, 2008 KEDV & Citi Turkey Offer Training for Women Microentrepreneurs KEDV (Foundation of Support of Women's Work) has launched the training program for women microentrepreneurs. The training program implemented by KEDV with the support of Citi Turkey and Citi Foundation aims to train 1,800 women microentrepreneurs on financial literacy, computer skills and leadership. The trainings will be held in 11 cities including Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya and Diyarbakir. Commenting on the program, Sengül Akçar, Board Member, KEDV said: "Low income women are part of the economy through various ways and try to establish their small businesses. Through the project we implemented with the cooperation of Citibank, we aim to provide the necessary support to women entrepreneurs to develop themselves in establishing and growing their own businesses." Steve Bideshi, Chairman, Citi Turkey said: "Women in Turkey achieve great successes in the microentrepreneurship area. We are very much pleased to provide training on financial literacy, computer skills and leadership to microentrepreneurs with this program, which is a continuation of our ongoing cooperation with KEDV for more than five years." To volunteer in the trainings, contact: Kadin Emegini Degerlendirme Vakfi Contact name: Sebla Güngören # # # Citi Citi, the leading global financial services company, has some 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 100 countries, providing consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, and wealth management. Citi's major brand names include Citibank, CitiFinancial, Primerica, Smith Barney, Banamex and Nikko. Additional information may be found at www.citigroup.com or www.citi.com.