YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER

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YOUR BUSINESS PARTNER
TURKEY
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TURKEY THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN CONTINENTS

• DID YOU KNOW TURKEY HAS BEEN THE CRADLE OF
  SEVERAL CIVILIZATIONS ?
• DID YOU KNOW BLACKSEA WOULD HAVE BEEN A LAKE IF
  IT WASNT FOR BOSPHORUS ?
• TURKEY, WITH ITS UNIQUE LOCATION, BRIDGES EAST TO
  WEST NOT ONLY GEOGRAPHICALLY BUT ALSO CULTURALLY
• IT HAS STRONG TIES WITH CIS AS WELL AS MIDDLE
  EASTERN COUNTRIES WHICH ARE THE ENERGY SOURCE OF
  THE WORLD
• TURKISH ECONOMY AND POLITICAL SYSTEM ARE LEVELED
  WITH EUROPEAN STANDARTS
• IT IS THE LEADING DEMOCRATIC NATION IN THE
  EURASIAN REGION
• IT IS A MEMBER OF UN, OSCE, NATO, ECO, BSEC

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TURKEY HOLDS A STRATEGICAL POSITION

• ONE OF THE THREE COUNTRIES (RUSSIA AND EGYPT
  BEING THE OTHER TWO) TERRITORY OF WHICH STRETCHES
  OVER TWO CONTINENTS.
• IT IS WHERE EAST MEETS WEST.

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DEMOGRAPHIC AND ECONOMIC INDICATORS

• TURKEY IS THE 16TH BIGGEST ECONOMY IN THE WORLD.
• TURKEY IS A MEMBER OF G-20 GROUP.

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TURKEY HAS BEEN DECLARED AS ONE OF TEN EMERGING
MARKETS OF THE FORTHCOMING DECADE BY THE U.S
DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS
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PER CAPITA INCOME ON PPP (PURCHASING POWER
PARITY) BASE IS 7,000.
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TURKISH ECONOMY

• SECTORS OF PROMINENCE

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AGRICULTURE
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• AGRICULTURE IS ONE OF THE MAIN SECTORS IN TURKEY
• IT POSSESSES 28 MILLION HECTARES OF IRRIGABLE
  LAND
• THERE ARE TOTAL OF 41.1 MILLION HEADS OF
  LIVESTOCK IN THE COUNTRY. ANNUAL PRODUCTION IS
  AS FOLLOWS
• 1 MILLON TONS OF POULTRY
• 590,000 TONS POULTRY MEAT
• 10.7 MILLION TONS MILK
• 550,000 TONS EGGS
• AVERAGE OF 850,000 TONS ANNUAL COTTON PRODUCTION
• FROZEN FOOD IS THE FASTEST GROWING SECTOR WITH AN
  ANNUAL GROWTH RATE OF 25

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• WORLDS LARGEST PRODUCER AND EXPORTER OF
• HAZELNUTS,
• DRIED FIGS,
• DRIED APRICOTS.
• WORLDS SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF
• LENTILS,
• RAISINS,
• CHICKPEAS,
• TOMATO.
• NOWADAYS, GREECE GETS MOST OF ITS TOMATO FROM
  TURKEY.
• RANKS THIRD IN THE WORLD FOR TOMATO
  CONCENTRATE PRODUCTION.

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• LARGEST EUROPEAN PRODUCER OF
• COTTON,
• TEA,
• TOBACCO.
• RANKS FROM FOURTH TO TENTH IN THE WORLD FOR
• OLIVE OIL,
• SUNFLOWER SEEDS,
• BROAD BEANS,
• SESAME SEEDS,
• WHEAT,
• SUGAR, BEANS PRODUCTION.

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MANUFACTURING
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TEXTILE

• DID YOU KNOW THAT PRODUCT LINE OF MANY BRAND
  NAMES SUCH AS VERSACE, NIKE, LEVIS, ADIDAS,
  LACOSTE, HUGO BOSS, ARMANI, PRODUCED IN TURKEY ?
• TEXTILE IS THE STRONGEST SECTOR IN THE TURKISH
  ECONOMY, ITS SHARE IS ABOUT 37 OF TOTAL EXPORTS
  AND 43 OF INDUSTRIAL EXPORTS.
• TEXTILE EMPLOYS 11 OF WORKFORCE AND IT ACCOUNTS
  FOR 24 OF GDP.
• TURKEY IS THE TOP TEXTILE SUPPLIER TO THE EU.
  

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AUTOMOTIVE

• DID YOU KNOW TURKEY HAS BECOME PRODUCTION AND
  EXPORT BASE FOR RENAULT, FIAT, FORD, GM, TOYOTA,
  HONDA, MITSUBISHI, ISUZU, HYUNDAI, BMC, MAN,
  PEUGEOT, DAIMLER-CRYSLER ?
• CAR OWNERSHIP RATIO IS 70/1000.
• PRODUCTION CAPACITY IS 1,080,155 UNITS.
• MAJOR JOINT VENTURES ARE RENAULT, FIAT, FORD,
  GM, TOYOTA, HONDA, MITSUBISHI, ISUZU, HYUNDAI,
  BMC, MAN, PEUGEOT, DAIMLER-CRYSLER.
• TOTAL EXPORT OF 4,4 BILLION DOLLARS IN 2002 OF
  WHICH MAIN INDUSTRY IS 2,2 BILLION DOLLARS.

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AUTOMOTIVE EXPORT
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CONSTRUCTION
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• SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS HAVE
  BEEN EXECUTED IN RUSSIA AND IN FORMER SOVIET
  STATES.
• WITHIN THE PROJECT, TURKISH UNION OF CHAMBERS HAS
  ALSO BUILT A BUSINESS PLAZA IN RUSSIA.
• RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING WAS RESTORATED BY
  TURKISH COMPANIES IN A RECORD TIME.
• TURKISH COMPANIES UNDERTAKE PROJECTS IN MORE THAN
  45 NATIONS WITH AN EARNING OF 42BN.

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• IT OFFERS GREAT INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES BOTH FOR
  FOREIGN LOCAL INVESTORS.
• TURKEYS CONSTRUCTION SHARE IN THE WORLD IS 2.
• TOTAL WORKS OF 9 TURKISH COMPANIES LISTED IN THE
  ENR TOP 225 REACHED UP TO 2.3 BILLION.
• AS FOR THE RESOURCES, TURKEY IS THE LARGEST
  CEMENT MANUFACTURER IN EUROPE AND 7TH IN THE
  WORLD.
• TOTAL PRODUCTION OF CEMENT IS AROUND 36 MILLION
  TONS.

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TOURISM
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• DID YOU KNOW 2 OF THE 7 WONDERS ARE IN TURKEY ?
• DID YOU KNOW FIRST SEVEN CHURCHES OF
  CHRISTIANITY WERE BUILT IN TURKEY ?
• 60 OF ALL TOURISTS COME FROM OECD NATIONS.
• TURKEY IS AMONG THE FIRST THREE DESTINATION OF
  EUROPEAN TRAVELLERS.
• AS TWO NEIGBHOURING COUNTRIES, TURKEY AND GREECE
  WOULD HAVE TO ENHANCE TOURISTIC VISITS AND EASE
  THE FLOW OF PEOPLE INTO THEIR COUNTRY.

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LAST 20 YEARS BROUGHT A LOT OF NEW FOREIGN AND
LOCAL INVESTMENTS AND BRAND NEW STATE OF THE ART
FACILITIES TO TOURISM SECTOR.
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FOREIGN TRADE
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• CONSUMPTION GOODS 51.1 OF EXPORTS 10.0 OF
  IMPORTS.
• INTERMEDIATE GOODS 41.5 OF EXPORTS 76.6 OF
  IMPORTS.
• CAPITAL GOODS 7.3 OF EXPORTS 12.5 OF IMPORTS.

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FOREIGN TRADE BY COUNTRIES

• MAINLY EU AND OECD
• NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN THE BLACK SEA,
• THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE MIDDLE EAST

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FOREIGN TRADE BY REGIONS (2002)

• SHARE OF OECD-MEMBER STATES IS 67.7 IN EXPORTS
  AND 60.1 IN IMPORTS.
• SHARE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) IS 50.4 IN
  EXPORTS AND 40.4 IN IMPORTS.
• SHARE OF THE ECO MEMBER COUNTRIES (INCLUDING
  THOSE IN THE MIDDLE EAST) IS 15.1 IN EXPORTS AND
  15.5 IN EXPORTS.

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EXPORTS

• DID YOU KNOW TURKEY EXPORTS 13,000 ITEMS TO 196
  COUNTRIES VIA 27,500 COMPANIES?
• TURKEYS ANNUAL EXPORTS, AS OF 2002, REACHED TO
  33 BILLION.

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TURKEY EUROPEAN UNION

• EU IS TURKEYS BIGGEST PARTNER IN FOREIGN TRADE.
• TURKEY SIGNED CUSTOMS UNION AGREEMENT WITH THE EU
  IN 1996, WHICH ENABLES GREECE TO TRADE WITH
  TURKEY JUST LIKE ANY OTHER EU NATION.
• TURKEY HAS BEEN A CANDIDATE TO THE EU SINCE 1999.
  
• TURKEY HAS FACED LOTS OF STRUCTURAL REFORMS ON
  ITS WAY TO EU MEMBERSHIP.

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FOREIGN INVESTMENT
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TOTAL FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN TURKEY (2002)

• TURKEY IS SUCH A CONVENIENT MARKET FOR
  INVESTMENTS.
• FOREIGN INVESTORS ARE MAINLY OECD (2 BILLION
  DOLLAR) AND EU COUNTRIES (1,5 BILLION DOLLAR).

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• WHAT DOES TURKEY OFFER
• AS A BUSINESS PARTNER

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• TURKEY HAS ABUNDANT EDUCATED AND TRAINED
  MANPOWER.
• DEVELOPED FINANCIAL SERVICES AND FOREIGN BANKS
  ARE PRESENT TO SUPPORT AND HANDLE ALL SORTS OF
  INTERNATIONAL TRADE ACTIVITIES.
• COUNTRIES IN THE EURASIAN REGION CAN BE VISITED
  BY AIR, SEA, OR LAND, INCLUDING RAILWAYS
  TRANSPORTATION.

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• TURKEY POSSESSES SUFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE IN
  THE INFORMATION COMPUTER TECHNOLOGIES.
• TURKEY IS A REGIONAL CENTER FOR FINANCE AND
  FINANCIAL SERVICES, TRADE, TRANSPORTATION AND
  SHIPMENT.

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• TURKEY IS HIGHLY EXPERIENCED IN THE FORMATION OF
  FREE TRADE ZONES.TURKEY COLLABORATES WITH
  COUNTRIES IN THE REGION WHICH TAKE PART IN THE
  REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS BSEC, ECO AND
  HARMONIZATION OF FOREIGN TRADE REGIMES OF THE
  MEMBER COUNTRIES.
• TURKEY HAS ALREADY SIGNED FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
  WITH SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN THE REGION.

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• IMPORTANT RESOURCES OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE
  REGION LIKE PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS WILL BE
  TRANSPORTED THROUGH TURKEY TO THE INTERNATIONAL
  MARKETS.
• TURKISH ENTERPRISES HAVE DEVELOPED GOOD
  CONTACTS, EXPERIENCES AND HAVE AN IMPORTANT
  ACCUMULATION IN THE EURASIAN AND MIDDLE EAST
  COUNTRIES.

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OPPORTUNITIES
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• TURKEY WILL BE AN IMPORTANT MARKET
• WHICH WILL GROW EVEN BIGGER,
• WHICH WILL HAVE LEGAL/MARKET
• STRUCTURES HARMONIZED WITH THOSE OF THE USA AND
  THE EU.
• THEREFORE
• TURKEY IS YOUR IDEAL PARTNER FOR INVESTMENT AND
  COOPERATION

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BECAUSE

• TURKEY WILL FURTHER DEVELOP ITS KNOWLEDGE BASE.
• TRADE, COMMERCE AND BUSINESS RELATIONS BETWEEN
  THE TWO COUNTRIES WILL HELP PEOPLE OF THE
  TWO NATIONS TO INTEGRATE AND TO GET TO KNOW
  EACH OTHER WELL.

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• TURKEY WILL BE AMONG THE LEADING CONTRACTORS.
• TURKISH COMPANIES WILL BE MORE OPEN TO GLOBAL
  MARKETPLACE.
• TURKEY WILL BE LUCRATIVE MARKET FOR INVESTORS.
• TURKEY CAN MAKE USE OF ITS INFRASTRUCTURE FOR
  THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF ITS PARTNERS.

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• TURKEY IS NOT ONLY A MARKET FOR YOUR PRODUCTS
  AND A SUPPLIER TO MEET YOUR NEEDS BUT ALSO CAN BE
  CONSIDERED AS AN IDEAL PARTNER FOR INVESTMENT AND
  COOPERATION.
• TURKEY WILL OFFER A LOT MORE IN THE NEXT DECADE.

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