The leading companies in the world are setting out to invest in Turkey which is among the countries that survived the crisis with less damage.

Foreign investors are getting prepared to return to Turkey. Alpaslan Korkmaz, the president of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey said "Turkey is back in the investment radars. There are many new projects in the agenda".

As per the information provided, Turkey, having survived the crisis with minimum damage, has once again become the favorite country for investors. The leading companies of the world having come together with Investment Agencies and the representatives of private sector institutions recently, have made preliminary meetings regarding the investments they plan to make in Turkey.  As per the information gathered by the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey, some of the institutions that plan to make investments in our country in the coming period and have made preliminary meetings in that regard are:

-National Bank Of Kuwait (NBK): NBK, one of the shareholders of Turkish Bank wants to buy a new bank in Turkey. NBK, the biggest in Kuwait and one of the 5 biggest banks in the Middle East focuses especially on Tekstilbank and Anadolubank.

-Kuwait Investment Authority: Bought Cevahir shopping mall through London. They have invested close to 1 billion dollars in Turkey so far.  In the new period they are especially interested in health projects. They want to participate in the "Health Cities" project realized by the Ministry of Health. They plan to go into tourism business. They have hotel projects in Istanbul, Antalya and some other regions. -Al Shaya Group: CEO Muhammed Al Shaya commented, "It is even better to invest in Turkey than US and Japan" . Al Shaya wants to increase and diversify its investments in Turkey.

-Kuwait Investment House: Owns 60% of Kuwait Turkish Bank. They are especially known for the lawns they provide for the small and medium size enterprises (SME). They stated that they wanted to undertake big projects in the Real Estate market especially in Istanbul.

-Automotive Companies: Chinese company Chery, will establish a car factory in Turkey together with Mermerciler Group. Another Chinese company Geely is planning investments in Turkey together with Anadolu Group. Lifan is making researches for Turkey.

-Trucks and other commercial vehicle companies: JAC, China Truck, FAW and Foton have had talks for investment in Turkey.

-Toshiba Corporation: The Japanese giant wants to invest in Turkey in the energy area. Having produced new nuclear reactors Toshiba is interested in nuclear energy in Turkey. Toshiba authorities have come to Turkey with Japan's Finance Department and spoken to authorities.

-OBEROI: Indian company is a hotel chain that is the biggest in Asia and one of the leading ones in the world. They had several contacts in Turkey. They determined the areas that hotels will be built. They will enter Turkey by building a very big hotel in Istanbul. They have more than one hotel project in Istanbul. They will built hotels in Antalya, Izmir and Ankara.

-Wipro: The Indian software giant Wipro is also getting prepared to come to Turkey. During his visit of President Abdullah Gül, the president of Wipro Azim Premji, has promised the President to invest in Turkey. It is stated that Wipro is planning to establish especially an information technology center in Turkey.

The return of the Foreigners will be felt in the first half of 2011.

Alpaslan Korkmaz the president of the Investment Support and Promotion Agency of Turkey has also stated that many foreign investors are preparing for investment in Turkey.

Korkmaz , having stated that they felt the recovery in November and December of last year, said: "This year the increase in demand for investment in Turkey is much more significant. Projects suspended 1 year ago started to be back in the agendas. The return of the foreigners will especially be felt in the second half of this year and the first half of 2011. Last year the direct foreign investment in Turkey was 7,6 billion dollars. Today the foreign investor activity, visits and investment demand have increased.

The World National Funds meeting was held in Sydney. We participated too. We described the investment environment in Turkey in this meeting. We told them (you can bring part of your funds to Turkey). We invited the presidents of National Funds to Turkey. The presidents of Funds of many countries reacted to our invite positively. They told us (Turkey is in the radars, she got into the radars). For example even the state of Brunei states that there will be an increased flow of fund towards Turkey in the new period. Turkey has again got into the foreign investor radars indeed.".

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