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Date: 13/05/2008 - 750 foreign journalists to cover Queen Elizabeth’s Turkey visit
Queen Elizabeth II will arrive in Turkey today for a four-day official visit, accompanied by her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. ...

Date: 07/05/2008 - Alanya district of the Antalya attracts foreigner buyers
According to research conducted by the Alanya Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ALTSO), Antalya region ranks first in the total number of foreigners ...

Date: 07/05/2008 - World fashion giants focus on Turkey
Giant fashion houses that shape world trends are on a hunt for young and talented Turkish designers, according to an executive board member of the ...

Date: 26/04/2008 - EU commissioner expects Turkey to join EU in 10-15 yrs
EU Commissioner for Enlargement Olli Rehn said he expects Turkey to become a member of European Union (EU) within 10 or 15 years should it continue ...

Date: 26/04/2008 - Allianz pays $600 mln for majority stakes in two Turkish insurers
German insurer Allianz SE is paying nearly $600 million to raise its stake in two Turkish insurers to a majority, bolstering its position in Turkey's ...

Date: 26/04/2008 - Turkey is an attractive country for the foreign investors
According to the survey conducted by Ernst&Young, for foreign investors, Rumania is the most attractive country in Southeastern Europe while Turkey ...

Date: 11/04/2008 - Turkey’s Mediterranean Antalya region is twice as popular as the Aegean Mugla region for foreigner buyers.
According to figures released by the Land Registry General Directorate, 73,000 foreigners own 38.42 million square meters of real estate in Turkey. ...

Date: 11/04/2008 - IMF predicts Turkey to become world's 15th largest economy
The IMF on Wednesday published its predictions on countries for the 2006-2013 period in its World Economic Outlook, assessing Turkey with its new ...

Date: 04/04/2008 - World famous restaurant serves up in Istanbul.
Istanbul has become one of the top destinations for international restaurants and culinary institutions to establish branches in. An excellent new ...

Date: 04/04/2008 - Siemens to invest £785,000,000 in Turkey
The Turkish unit of German engineering group Siemens will make investments of 1 billion euros ($1.55 billion) over the next four years, Siemens ...

Date: 03/04/2008 - Turkish Airlines joins prestigious Star Alliance
Turkish Airlines holds a ceremony in Istanbul yesterday upon joining the Star Alliance union of major carriers attended by member airlines’ chief ...

Date: 22/03/2008 - Turkey ' Truly Tremendous'
The Turkish Minister for foreign trade, Kursad Tuzmen, found the time to share with us his vision of the future of Turkey and the ties that can be ...

Date: 22/03/2008 - Istanbul property returns may surpass London
Moscow and Istanbul real estate investment returns may surpass Paris and London as emerging-market economies grow at a faster pace than western ...

Date: 22/03/2008 - FT: Turkey's GDP revised up a third
Turkey's economy is almost one-third bigger than previous estimates, boosting the government's per capita income targets and increasing the prospect ...

Date: 12/03/2008 - Istanbul at Number 4 in list of billionaires in the world
She was only eight when she began visiting the family’s bank during school holidays. Today, Suzan Sabanci Dincer is its managing director and will ...

Date: 04/03/2008 - Major event to place Turkey on golfing map
Belek, Antalya, Turkey's up and coming golf center, is readying to host a major golf event in May with the 250,000-euro Turkish Ladies Open, a part ...

Date: 26/02/2008 - The Money Keeps Pouring In
2007 FDI in Turkey hits record-high net $21.9 billion.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in Turkey rose 9.8 percent to hit $21.9 billion in ...

Date: 26/02/2008 - BAT's strike it lucky in Turkey
BAT bids $1.72 billion for TEKEL

British American Tobacco Plc, the makers of Dunhill, Kent and Lucky Strike, has bid $1.72 billion to win ...

Date: 18/02/2008 - Natwest International Personal Banking believe Turkey will see big increasing property demand
Research among mortgage brokers by NatWest International Personal Banking (IPB) reveals that Bulgaria, Turkey and France are the countries they ...

Date: 18/02/2008 - Delicious Turkey” says Amanda Platell, Daily Mail travel writer
“How often can any of us say, at the end of a break, that it was the holiday of a lifetime? How often was it a thing of beauty and endless memories, ...

Date: 15/02/2008 - Big Deal - London Company buys 51% of Migro in Turkey
BC Partners' takeover is the biggest by any buyout firm in the country – 961 stores

BC Partners Ltd. has agreed to buy Migros Türk, Turkey's ...

Date: 15/02/2008 - The numbers just keep going UP! - 43.9% increase
The Turkish Statistical Institute has reported that over 27 million visitors went to Turkey in 2007 of which 5.6 million were during the months of ...

Date: 13/02/2008 - Turkish Mortgages - You now have a choice!
This time last year there was only one bank in the market place for foreigners to attain mortgages in Turkey. Now things have changed, there are in ...

Date: 02/02/2008 - Turkey will escape current property slow down
Global investment in commercial property is forecast to fall 17 per cent this year as the continuing financing crisis in the sector drags the market ...

Date: 30/01/2008 - Turkey’s economy grows by between 4 and 5 percent
DAVOS, Switzerland. 26 January 2008

Turkey's economy probably grew by between four and five percent in 2007, Foreign Minister Ali Babacan ...

Date: 18/01/2008 - Turkey at Number 3 in A Place in the Sun's Survey
A PLACE IN THE SUN REVEALS THE UK’S TOP 20 DESTINATIONS FOR BUYING ABROAD: FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE SURPRISING…

According to a survey ...

Date: 09/01/2008 - Property in Turkey - Buy Association Podcast
http://www.buyassociation.co.uk/property/radio/turkey/buying-property-in-turkey.html

Property in Turkey - Turkey Property Podcast by David ...

Date: 03/01/2008 - Is the Turkish Mediterranean all at sea?
Antalya, a popular tourism spot on the Mediterranean Coast, draws in great amounts of investment for new marina projects. As the ongoing projects ...

Date: 03/01/2008 - People going to Turkey just goes up and up
The number of foreign tourists visiting Turkey during the 11 months between January and November 2007 rose 18.15 percent compared to the ...

Date: 03/01/2008 - Sweden backs Turkey's EU bid.
Sweden's ambassador to Ankara, Christer Asp, said yesterday that his country gave full support to Turkey's accession to the European Union, during a ...

Date: 02/01/2008 - Overseas property hotspots for 2008
EMERGING STAR: TURKEY

The South-western 'Turquoise' coast of Turkey offers great value compared with Spain and Portugal - and its ...

Date: 21/12/2007 - DHL: ''Turkey excites us, we'll further invest''
Having operations in 229 countries and serving to 4.2 million customers globally, express cargo carrier DHL is decisive in further investing in ...

Date: 21/12/2007 - Dutch bank, ING, Gets Regulator Approval to Buy Turkish bank.
Dutch financial services group ING Group NV said that it has received regulatory approval for its acquisition of Turkey's Oyak Bank. ING announced in ...

Date: 20/12/2007 - EU opens two more chapters for accession
Defying France, EU opens two more chapters for accession. In what appeared to be open defiance of Paris, the European Union has opened two more ...

Date: 07/12/2007 - Goodman to invest 300m euros in Turkey
The Goodman property group publishes its plans to invest 300 million euros in Turkish real estate for logistics in the next two to three years. The ...

Date: 30/11/2007 - Prince Charles visits historical sites in Turkey.
Prince of Wales Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles concluded their four-day visit to Turkey yesterday and left the country. ...

Date: 30/11/2007 - The over 55's swap work for sun and fun
Baby Boomers of the fifties are shunning a pipe and slippers retirement and looking towards a more sun and fun-filled time, according to research by ...

Date: 27/11/2007 - British second largest property buyers in Turkey
A report released by the Turkish Land Registry Directorate (TKM) details that 68,419 foreigners own property in Turkey.

With 17,668 ...

Date: 27/11/2007 - Even the Bulgarian’s say “Turkey is cheap”.
Housing in Bulgaria was still the cheapest in the European Union, even though prices had increased every year for the past five years, the latest ...

Date: 22/11/2007 - Ben & Jerry Say “We invest Seriously”
Ben & Jerry, the US ice cream manufacturer, opened its first store in Turkey under the umbrella of Unilever’s Algida brand. Following Haagen Daz, ...

Date: 20/11/2007 - Richard Branson likes Turkey
Business prodigy Sir Richard Branson, in Istanbul for the first time, said Saturday he intends to enter the Turkish cellular phone market. ...

Date: 22/10/2007 - BA to launch new routes to Antlaya, Turkey from March/April 2008
LONDON (Thomson Financial) - British Airways PLC said it would launch flights from Gatwick to Poznan in Poland and Antalya in Turkey next summer. ...

Date: 12/10/2007 - Turkey is TESCO’s Turkish delight.
Four years after marching into Turkey, Tesco will mark another step in its global expansion by opening its first supermarket in Ankara, the capital, ...

Date: 12/10/2007 - Hilton Hotels want more room.
Hilton Hotels Corporation plans to develop 15 properties in Turkey over the next five years.
A total of 2,500 rooms will make up the development ...

Date: 05/10/2007 - Public EU figures say Yes to Turkey.
“…… question of Turkey's accession to the European Union is reopened today with an appeal from 50 prominent politicians and intellectuals for the ...

Date: 05/10/2007 - Researcher says Turkey property prices are among the cheapest.
According to research results by ERA, Turkey is among the cheapest countries regarding property prices. In a report called “Europe 2006-2007” ...

Date: 05/10/2007 - bmi starts flying to Turkey
Following a major expansion of routes, bmi, London Heathrow’s second largest based airline has announced that it will start services to ...

Date: 03/10/2007 - TESCO sees great growth in Turkey
The rapid development of our store network in Turkey means that we added 33% to our selling space there in the first half alone, adding 8 hypers and ...

Date: 18/09/2007 - Turkish Airlines Flying High
The number of passengers flying with Turkish Airlines (THY) increased by 16.6 percent in the first eight months of 2007 (January to August), compared ...

Date: 07/09/2007 - Major US company sets sail for Turkey.
U.S. specialist buyout firm Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts (KKR) is considering making its first venture into Turkey, via a major acquisition in the ...

Date: 07/09/2007 - Turkish property a "well kept secret" for expats
Retirees looking to move abroad should consider Turkey as the country's property market has remained a "well kept secret" in recent years meaning ...

Date: 03/09/2007 - New airport to open near Alanya on the Mediterranean coast
TAV, the company responsible for running airports in Istanbul and Ankara has won an auction to operate Gazipasa Airport, near Alanya, on the southern ...

Date: 03/09/2007 - EasyJet finishes its first year to Turkey
EasyJet has finished its first year of flights between Istanbul and Luton Airport. Since starting this route in August 2006, the airline it has flown ...

Date: 30/08/2007 - London based consultancy says “Turkey has one of the most attractive property markets in Europe”
A leading london based property consultancy group who carry out analyses and research on global property markets determined recently that Turkey has ...

Date: 30/08/2007 - The Greeks like the Turkish after all.
The second largest bank in Greece, Alphabank, is preparing to start up business in Turkey, though bank leaders have issued precautionary comments in ...

Date: 24/08/2007 - Internationl Investors say Investment in Turkey "Even more successful than expected"
Over the first half of 2007, more than half of foreign investors in Turkey reached their sales, export, and profitability goals. In addition a ...

Date: 01/08/2007 - Turkey a better bet - says Carrefour
Carrefour, the world’s second-largest retailer by sales, announced today that it had agreed to sell its 12 Portuguese hypermarkets to Portugal’s ...

Date: 16/07/2007 - Belek-The heart of the Turkish golf boom
TURKEY is set to be the next big golf destination and the Belek region is at the heart of its development, with courses being created at several ...

Date: 03/07/2007 - Turkey's economy just keeps growing
Numbers released by the Turkish Statistics Institute shows the Turkish economy (GNP) grew 6.7 percent in real prices, for the first quarter of 2007, ...

Date: 21/06/2007 - Mind The GAP
GAP, the international clothes retailer, has announced plans to open 90 Gap stores and 20 Banana Republic outlets in Turkey and Saudi Arabia over the ...

Date: 19/06/2007 - Dutch Bank Buys in Turkey
ING, the Dutch banking and insurance group, has moved into the Turkish banking sector with the $2.67bn cash acquisition of Oyak Bank. ING said it ...

Date: 19/06/2007 - Spain goes turkish
At a series of meetings held in Istanbul, the Spanish Commercial attaché Francisco J. Alfonso said that Spain seeks to intensify its presence in ...

Date: 19/06/2007 - British Companies Give Turkey Vote of Confidence
Aviva, better known as Norwich Union, the largest UK insurer, is expanding its life and pensions business in Turkish market though a merger with ...

Date: 11/06/2007 - Blue Flag Awards for Turkey
At the Blue Flag Awards on 5th June 2007 235 beaches in Turkey were awarded the prestigious Blue Flag including: 166 in Antalya region; 58 in Mugla ...

Date: 04/05/2007 - American Bank Buys into Departmental Stores in Turkey
Citigroup to buy shares in Boyner, Beymen Citigroup’s, Venture Capital International (CVCI) will purchase 30 percent of Boyner and 50 percent of ...

Date: 04/05/2007 - Turkey is Tops in Tourism
Of all OECD countries, Turkey ranked first as the country with the highest increase of foreign tourists between the years 1990 and 2005, with a 241.4 ...

Date: 04/05/2007 - Grant Thornton Report – Turkey “the next generation.”
In a recent report, Grant Thornton, the international accounting firm, predict that Turkey may overtake the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India & China) ...

Date: 27/04/2007 - Swiss Investment into Turkey
ISTANBUL 27 April 2007
Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, the Swiss international hotel chain who have been operating in Turkey since 2003, plans to ...

Date: 27/04/2007 - Over Fifties want better life Overseas
27 April 2007
The retirement specialist Insure4Retirement.co.uk reveals that more than half of all Britons hope to move abroad when they ...

Date: 27/04/2007 - Roman Abramovich buys 5 Star hotel in Antalya.
Chelsea Football Club owner, Roman Abramovich, has bought the 5-star Sofisa Istanbul Hotel in Antalya on the southern Mediterranean coast. According ...

Date: 26/04/2007 - Tesco Likes Turkey
Tesco has now opened its 13th store in Turkey and is planning to invest another £150 million on opening another eight stores. With stores in Antalya ...

Date: 25/04/2007 - M&S has 28 Stores in Turkey!
Many retail household names are finding that Turkey is the place to be. Our very own famous M&S now has 28 stores in Turkey.


Date: 25/04/2007 - Banking on the Future
Following on from recent investments in Turkish banks from such global banks as Citigroup, Fortis, National Bank of Greece and Unicredit, Halkbank, ...

Date: 25/04/2007 - Medical Tourism - Turkey Amongst Most Popular
London, Daily Mail 14 April 2007.
Medical Tourism - Turkey Amongst Most Popular
Quoting from Treatment Abroad, the Daily Mail says worries ...

Date: 25/04/2007 - Increase in Tourist Numbers for 2007
The Turkish Statistical Institute in Ankara has reported that during March 2007 there was a 19.3% increase in numbers of visitors to Turkey over the ...

Date: 25/04/2007 - Turkey Racing Ahead!
London 23 April 2007 - Turkey Races Ahead
Formula One’s motor racing supremo, Bernie Ecclestone, has guaranteed that Istanbul’s Park circuit ...

Date: 25/04/2007 - Are Property Prices in Spain Too High?
London 25 April 2007
Share prices in Spanish property developers collapsed yesterday when Astroc, a leading Spanish property developer, ...

Date: 20/03/2007 - 'Mortgage' now available from leading Turkish Bank
As of today, we are able to offer applications for a mortgage on property in Turkey. Please call NOW for full details.

Date: 28/02/2007 - Can't find the property you are looking for?
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Date: 26/02/2007 - FREE 'Guide to buying property in Turkey'
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Date: 29/01/2007 - 'Introduce a friend to Spot Blue' and get free flights!
If you introduce a friend to Spot Blue* (they must mention your name at the time of their registration) who subsequently buy a property in Turkey ...

Date: 23/01/2007 - Foreign Exchange Market Summary
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