Continued economic progress in Turkey will require greater private investment in logistics services, which would help local firms enhance their competitiveness in the global marketplace through cost savings and faster order fulfilment. The government also has a key role to play by facilitating the development of transport infrastructure,...
Garanti Bank operates in every segment of the banking sector, including corporate, commercial, small and medium-sized entity (SME), retail, and private and investment banking. The company provides a wide range of financial services to its more...
A landmark reform of Turkey’s private pensions sector is the centrepiece of the government’s plan to boost the country’s declining national savings rate. To draw more people into the pensions system, the government began matching 25% of personal contributions to private pensions, subject to certain limits, in early 2013. Early results indicate...
When Trabzonspor, a premier-league football club on Turkey’s Black Sea coast, needed to raise revenue, it did not sign on more corporate sponsorship or look to boost merchandising sales. Instead, it decided to build a hydroelectric plant. The six-time champion in August 2012 won a licence to build a 28-MW power station in the mountains above the...
The real estate sector has been highly dynamic in recent years, with investor sentiment impacted both positively and negatively by a flurry of regulations, new megaprojects and the quarterly health of the economy. At the same time, the country – especially its largest city – has cemented itself as the darling of investors looking for strong...
Taken in its broadest sense to include sub-sectors such as petrochemicals, fertilisers, soaps and detergents, pharmaceuticals, paints and colouring agents, as well as raw chemical production, Turkey’s chemical business ranks second among domestic export industries, after automotives. Indeed, the sector has been steadily climbing its way to a...
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