ISTANBUL, May 11 (Reuters) - Turkey's finance ministry is working on tax regulations to help develop the Islamic banking industry, Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said on Wednesday.

Simsek, the government minister in charge of the economy, made the comment at an industry meeting in Istanbul.

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