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LOCATION:
- Strategically
located between Europe & Asia, a gateway to European markets as
well as to Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East
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DEMOGRAPHICS:
- 74 million people (2008)
- 17th largest economy
in the world (per World Bank, 2007)
- 45 million under age 25.
- 3rd most populous
nation in Europe (after
Russia & Germany)
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STABILITY:
- Democratic republic for over 85 years
- Liberal investment
laws
- Member of the European Customs
Union
- Candidate for full membership in the European
Union
- Founding member of the
World Trade
Organization
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COMPETITIVENESS:
- A hard working people
with a well trained work force makes Turkey's labor costs one of the most competitive
in the region.
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PROGRESSIVE:
- Turkey is making many
reforms moving it closer to the EU
- Turkish investment in Iraq, Central
Asia and South Eastern Europe are on the increase.
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Southeastern
Anatolia Project, or GAP includes 13 major projects
which are primarily for irrigation and hydropower generation.
- The
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan
(BTC) project is a $2.9 billion investment to unlock a vast
store of energy from the Caspian Sea by providing a new crude oil
pipeline from Azerbaijan, through Georgia, to Turkey for onward
delivery to world markets.
- For more reasons read
Turkish News in English.
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