Clarisse Fräss-Ehrfeld

Turkey - Europe's gateway to Asia (Buch kartoniert)

Investments and business in Turkey

The area of the Eastern Mediterranean has been a vital economic region for two thousand years, owing to its strategically perfect location as the gateway to Europe, Asia, and North Africa. For companies and private businesspeople planning to do or already doing business in Europe and Asia, Turkey is the economically dominant country in this part of the world. Due to Turkey’s linguistic, religious and cultural ties with the Turkish republics in Central Asia and Caucasia, the country has the unique opportunity to establish very close economic cooperation with these countries and to provide technical expertise, investment and trade cooperation to help exploit their vast resources of oil, natural gas, and precious metals. Therefore, Turkey is the perfect gateway for foreign investors searching for business opportunities in the Balkans, Caucasia, the Middle East, and Central Asia. Also, there is  considerable business volume in terms of trade with Russia and Black Sea countries.

The author tries to give a short overview of the most important facts concerning Turkey´s economy, its economic development and the recent reform process. Furthermore, the most important criteria for investors, EU-Turkey relations and the existing grants and incentive programmes are described in detail. The book is rounded up by useful links and addresses for investors in Turkey.