Change of helm at the Turkish Trade Mission in U.S.

The new Chief Commercial Councellor to the Turkish Embassy in Washington DC and Commercial Attaché to the Turkish Consulate in New York were assigned in replacement of their colleagues who completed their three-year terms in the US. Read more>>

Turkey to become regional base for Fujitsu

ISTANBUL - Fujitsu, a Japan information technologies-based business solutions provider, has added Turkey to the countries where it makes production, with an investment of $2 million. Read more>>

Turkey to play a crucial role in energy politics

ISTANBUL - Merger and acquisition experts from both sides of the equation gathered in Istanbul last Friday for the IMAP Global Mergers and Acquisitions Symposium, where advisors and corporation managers, sellers and buyers all agreed that the global financial crisis has introduced a new world of corporate deal making. Read more>>

Turkey attracts 6 billion USD investments in eight months

City of Kutahya to host Europe's largest solar panel factory

KUTAHYA - AYT Group energy division General Manager Ahmet Arslan has announced that a 300 million euro solar panel manufacturing plant in Kütahya's Tavşanlı district will be fully operational by June 2010. Once completed, the plant will be the largest solar panel-producing facility in Europe. Read more>>

European bank revises Turkey’s growth outlook

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or EBRD, which has been withdrawing gradually from Central European countries, plans to prioritize Turkey. EBRD is the first international finance corporation, among many others, to revise Turkey’s economic growth in a positive direction. Read more>>

Hisarciklioglu becomes deputy chairman of Eurochambres

The president of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB), Rifat Hisarciklioglu, has been elected deputy chairman of the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres). Read more>>

Turkey’s increasing influence in the Afro-Eurasian Region was discussed at Northwestern University

Turkey’s increasing economic role in the Afro-Eurasian Region along with Turkish-American economic ties discussed at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Business during a presentation made by Suleyman Sozeri, the Commercial Attache at the Consulate General of Turkey in Chicago on October 15, 2009. Read more>>

Turkey expected to see strong growth in 2010

Following the economic recovery period set to start next year, the Turkish economy can begin to display strong growth, according to a managing director of the International Monetary Fund, adding that the growth potential was due to Turkey’s dynamic economy. Read more>>

Turkey is world's 8th largest agricultural economy

Turkish Agriculture & Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker said on Monday that Turkey was world's 8th largest agricultural economy. "Turkey has 58 billion USD agricultural gross national product (GSMH) and 24 billion USD agricultural trade volume," Eker said while addressing the Turkish-German Economy Congress in Cologne. Read more>>

Bloomberg TV Plans Turkey Channel Launch

Chris Roush of Talking Biz News reports that Bloomberg Television is planning to launch a Turkish Language financial news and business channel across Turkey and the Turkish Republics. Partnering with Ciner Media, BloombergHT will launch later this year with studio's based in the country, and replicating the facilities in New York, London and Hong Kong. Read more>>