Turkey to Bid for 2012 Summer Olympics

News reports from Ankara say that the Turkish Olympic Committee will meet June 6, and the bid could be officially announced then.

New York, London, Paris, Moscow, Leipzig, Germany, Havana, Cuba and possibly Rio de Janeiro or Sao Paulo, Brazil are also in the running to host the 2012 Games. All bids have to be submitted to the International Olympic Committee by July. The IOC will select the Host City in July 2005.