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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM N-Q
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
_______________________________
 
Investment Company Act file number:  811-06041
 
The Central Europe, Russia and Turkey Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

345 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10154
(Address of principal executive offices)  (Zip code)
 

Paul Schubert
60 Wall Street
New York, NY 10005
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (212) 250-3220
 
Date of fiscal year end:  10/31
 
Date of reporting period:  1/31/2015

ITEM 1.
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS


Schedule of Investments   as of January 31, 2015 (Unaudited)

The Central Europe, Russia and Turkey Fund, Inc.
 
Shares
Value ($)
Russia  39.7%
Common Stocks  36.7%
Commercial Banks  2.2%
Bank St Petersburg*
6,497,860
  2,411,356 
Sberbank*
2,000,000
  1,749,000 
   
  4,160,356 
Diversified Financial Services  1.0%
Moscow Exchange
2,000,000
  1,990,800
     
Diversified Telecommunication Services  0.5%
Rostelecom*
800,000
  985,280
     
Food & Staples Retailing  4.8%
DIXY Group*
335,000
  1,835,900 
Magnit*
40,000
  6,023,464 
X5 Retail Group*
130,000
  1,378,000 
   
  9,237,364 
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders  0.7%
E.ON Russia*
40,000,000
  1,420,000
     
Metals & Mining  5.4%
Alrosa AO
2,035,167
  2,271,450 
MMC Norilsk Nickel (ADR)
500,000
  8,210,000 
   
  10,481,450 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  18.4%
Gazprom (ADR)
4,000,000
  16,300,000 
LUKOIL (ADR)
350,000
  13,776,000 
NovaTek (GDR) Reg S
43,000
  3,010,000 
Tatneft (ADR)
100,000
  2,350,000 
   
  35,436,000 
Wireless Telecommunication Services  3.7%
MegaFon (GDR) Reg S
275,000
  3,778,500 
Mobile Telesystems (ADR)
440,527
  3,356,816 
   
  7,135,316 
     
Preferred Stocks  3.0%
Commercial Banks  0.5%
Sberbank of Russia (Cost $2,565,443)*
1,600,000
  997,440 
     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  2.5%
Surgutneftegaz (Cost $4,923,477)*
8,000,000
  4,732,000 
     
Total Russia (Cost $98,404,255)
 
  76,576,006 
     
     
Turkey  24.7%
Common Stocks 
Automobiles  2.3%
Ford Otomotiv Sanayi
175,000
  2,439,911 
Tofas Turk Otomobil Fabrikasi
300,000
  2,008,435 
   
  4,448,346 
Beverages  1.1%
Coca-Cola Icecek
110,000
  2,225,043
     
Building Products  0.6%
Trakya Cam Sanayii
750,000
  1,105,561
     
Commercial Banks  10.9%
Akbank
1,250,000
  4,586,029 
Turkiye Garanti Bankasi
1,000,000
  4,237,982 
Turkiye Halk Bankasi
775,000
  5,013,922 
Turkiye Is Bankasi
1,579,748
  4,612,072 
Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Tao
1,050,000
  2,459,258 
   
  20,909,263 

 
Shares
Value ($)
Diversified Financial Services  3.3%
Haci Omer Sabanci Holding
1,500,000
  6,356,973
     
Food & Staples Retailing  1.7%
Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari
150,000
  1,093,277 
Migros Ticaret*
235,000
  2,208,357 
   
  3,301,634 
Food Products  0.7%
Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi
170,000
  1,350,422
     
Gas Utilities  0.5%
Aygaz
250,000
  1,064,614
     
Industrial Conglomerates  0.5%
Enka Insaat ve Sanayi
450,000
  913,930
     
Specialty Retail  1.0%
Teknosa Ic Ve Dis Ticaret
550,000
  2,031,365
     
Transportation Infrastructure  1.1%
TAV Havalimanlari Holding
275,000
  2,060,642
     
Wireless Telecommunication Services  1.0%
Turkcell Iletism Hizmetleri*
325,000
  1,876,382
     
Total Turkey (Cost $43,161,252)
 
  47,644,175 
     
Poland  20.6%
Common Stocks 
Air Freight & Logistics  2.5%
Integer.pl*
105,000
  4,745,435
     
Commercial Banks  6.6%
Bank Pekao
70,000
  3,378,874 
Bank Zachodni WBK
22,500
  2,093,842 
Getin Noble Bank*
1,400,000
  751,490 
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski
695,772
  6,444,801 
   
  12,669,007 
Diversified Telecommunication Services  1.6%
Orange Polska
1,300,000
  3,138,403
     
Insurance  4.8%
Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen
67,500
  9,186,504
     
Media  1.9%
Cyfrowy Polsat
300,000
  1,927,548 
TVN*
383,667
  1,831,766 
   
  3,759,314 
Metals & Mining  1.0%
KGHM Polska Miedz
67,663
  1,922,773
     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  1.5%
Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen
200,000
  2,959,027
     
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods  0.7%
CCC
35,000
  1,453,888
     
Total Poland (Cost $43,470,003)
 
  39,834,351 
     
Czech Republic  3.2%
Common Stocks 
Commercial Banks  1.3%
Komercni Banka
12,000
  2,446,488
     
Electric Utilities  1.9%
CEZ
160,000
  3,750,305
     
Total Czech Republic (Cost $6,463,834)
 
  6,196,793 
     
 
Shares
Value ($)
Hungary  3.2%
Common Stocks  
Commercial Banks  1.1%
OTP Bank PLC
155,000
  2,053,241
     
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels  1.1%
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC
52,607
  2,110,657
     
Pharmaceuticals  1.0%
Richter Gedeon Nyrt
145,000
  1,968,135
     
Total Hungary (Cost $7,794,360)
 
  6,132,033 
     
Kazakhstan  1.1%
Common Stocks  
Metals & Mining  1.1%
Goldbridges Global Resources PLC* (Cost $1,824,442)
50,000,000
  2,064,837
     
     
Cyprus  0.0%
Common Stocks  
Transportation Infrastructure  0.0%
Global Ports Investments (GDR) Reg S (Cost $150,558)
17,315
  58,265
     
     
Securities Lending Collateral  0.7%
Daily Assets Fund Institutional, 0.10%
   
(Cost $1,438,457)(a)(b)
1,438,457
  1,438,457 
     
Cash Equivalents  5.0%
Central Cash Management Fund, 0.06%
   
(Cost $9,597,409)(b)
9,597,409
  9,597,409 
     
     
 
% of Net Assets
Value ($)
Total Investments Portfolio (Cost $212,304,570)**
   98.2
  189,542,326 
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net
     1.8
  3,449,383
Net Assets
100.0
 192,991,709 
 

*
Non-income producing security.
**
The cost for federal income tax purposes was $213,338,544. At January 31, 2015, net unrealized depreciation for all securities based on tax cost was $23,796,218. This consisted of aggregate gross unrealized appreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost of $23,856,520 and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for all securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value of $47,652,738.
All or a portion of these securities were on loan. The value of all securities loaned at January 31, 2015 amounted to $1,373,761 which is 0.7% of net assets.
(a)
Represents collateral held in connection with securities lending. Income earned by the Fund is net of borrower rebates.
(b)
Affiliated fund managed by Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. The rate shown is the annualized seven-day yield at period end.

ADR
-
American Depositary Receipt
GDR
-
Global Depositary Receipt
Reg S
-
Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons, except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.
 

For purposes of its industry concentration policy, the Fund classifies issuers of portfolio securities at the industry subgroup level. Certain of the categories in the above Schedule of Investments consist of multiple industry subgroups or industries.


Fair Value Measurements
 
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels. Level 1 includes quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds and credit risk). Level 3 includes significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments). The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of January 31, 2015 in valuing the Fund’s investments.
         
 
Assets
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks and/or Other Equity Investments (c)
       
Russia
  $ 76,576,006     $     $     $ 76,576,006  
Turkey
    47,644,175                   47,644,175  
Poland
    39,834,351                   39,834,351  
Czech Republic
    6,196,793                   6,196,793  
Hungary
    6,132,033                   6,132,033  
Kazakhstan
    2,064,837                   2,064,837  
Cyprus
    58,265                   58,265  
Short-Term Instruments (c)
    11,035,866                   11,035,866  
Total
  $ 189,542,326     $     $     $ 189,542,326  
                                 
 
There have been no transfers between fair value measurement levels during the period ended January 31, 2015.
 
 
(c)
 See Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

ITEM 2.
CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
   
 
(a)   The Chief Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on the evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.
   
 
(b)   There have been no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
   
ITEM 3.
EXHIBITS
   
 
Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Registrant:
The Central Europe, Russia and Turkey Fund, Inc.
   
By:
/s/Brian E. Binder
Brian E. Binder
President
   
Date:
March 25, 2015


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

By:
/s/Brian E. Binder
Brian E. Binder
President
   
Date:
March 25, 2015
   
   
   
By:
/s/Paul Schubert
Paul Schubert
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
   
Date:
March 25, 2015