Turkey: A Business and Investment Review

Global Market Briefings

This important management report assesses the current investment climate and the risks and opportunities for foreign investors in Turkey and provides an invaluable up-to-date guide to the mechanics of commercial engagement for foreign investors and companies wanting to set up operations in this pivotal and fast developing economy.

It also looks at the market reforms and the changes to law and commercial practice being instituted in Turkey as it prepares for EU accession talks. It assesses the current investment climate and the risks and opportunities for foreign investors in Turkey and provides an invaluable up-to-date guide to commercial law, accounting, taxation, banking and investment and finance regulations.

Topics covered include: the market reform programme, economic prospects, foreign direct investment (outlook and regulations), the banking system, private equity, the legal framework and commercial law (eg. intellectual property, employment, property, dispute resolution), auditing and accounting, taxation. The key telecoms and energy sectors are also profiled in detail.

- An in-depth progress report on privatisation and market reforms instituted in Turkey as it prepares for possible EU accession - Authoritative guide to Turkish commercial law and business practice

- An insider’s guide to the current investment climate and the risks and opportunities for foreign investors in Turkey - Identifies the key market trends, consumer preferences and government policies which are shaping the countries economy

- Contributors include leading Turkish lawyers and analysts

Contributor's include:

A major contribution from Istanbul law firm Rosenblatt & Co and contributions from: 3 Seas, Bee Consulting, Chatham House, Deutsche Bank, Tefken, Turkish Foreign Investors’ Association, Simmons & Simmons, and leading Turkish experts including Dr. Yilmaz Argüden, Chairman of ARGE Consulting, Prof. of strategy at the Bosphorus University and the Koç University, leader of the Turkish privatisation programme in its initial years and Chief Economic Advisor to the Prime Minister - selected as a “Global Leader for Tomorrow” by the World Economic Forum.

About the editors:

Dr. Marat Terterov , is a political scientist with a PhD from St Antony’s College, Oxford. He is author of over a dozen books on business issues in the former Soviet Union and the Middle East. He was the co-author of a major USAID study of privatization in Egypt. A consultant to the UK government, he advises British companies on Russia, Ukraine and the Caspian region, speaking frequently at the Centre for International Briefing. He is also the author of many academic articles and holds a Chevening Scholarship.

Phillip Rosenblatt is an American trained international lawyer specializing in finance and major projects. He is the founding partner of Rosenblatt & Company. Prior to founding Rosenblatt & Company, he was a Partner of the Cairo office of Baker & McKenzie and a member of Baker & McKenzie’s Project Finance Group, where he was responsible for expanding the banking and finance practice and helped advise clients on project finance, syndicated lending and securitization projects. While with Baker & McKenzie, he spent three years at Baker & McKenzie’s Almaty, Kazakhstan office, starting from its inception, where he advised clients on their large scale energy, natural resources, industrial and banking projects in Central Asia. He has been involved in project, finance, joint venture and privatization work and has experience in structuring, documenting and negotiating international transactions, including power, telecommunication, and natural resource projects. He is a member of the New York Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the International Bar Association. He speaks fluent Russian and Turkish.