Turkey is a liberal economy focused on free competition, offering very interesting
business opportunities to foreign operators. In the last decade it has achieved a
consistently geopolitical and geoeconomical importance, becoming the most important bridge
to the Turkish-speaking former Soviet Republics as Azerbaijan, Kazakistan, Kirghizistan,
Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The Custom Union between Turkey and the European Union, from January 1996, has
eliminated all the duties on non-agricultural goods import/export.
Foreign direct investments are allowed with no sector limitations.Turkish Government
grants fiscal and financial incentives to investments (res. n. 94/6411), and export
allowances.
Free Trade Zones, extra-territorial both by fiscal and customs point of view, offer
interesting investment opportunities. They are located in: Antalya, Ege, Mardin, Menemen
(leather sector), Mersin, Istanbul (leather sector), Istanbul Atatürk Airport, ISE
Istanbul International Stock Exchange, Trabzon.
For further information, please contact us:
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