A team of lawyers from Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, advised Burgan Bank A.S. on its inaugural syndicated loan obtained for general trade finance purposes.

Corporate real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle acquires AVM Partners, a leading Turkish shopping center management company known for Palladium, 212 AVM, and Neoplus.

Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft, Filiale Luxemburg, BayernLB, BNP Paribas, CITI, HSBC Bank plc, ING, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Societe Generale Corporate & Investment Banking and Standard Chartered Bank and a wider syndicate of international banks extends multi tranche term loan facility to the Industrial Development Bank of Turkey (TSKB) to fund TSKB's project finance-related transactions and its customers' trade finance transactions.

Alacer Gold signs a USD 250 million project finance facility for the expansion of the Copler Gold Mine located in Turkey's Erzincan province.

One of South Korea's newest private equity funds, Hahn & Company, acquires Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp., a leading global technology company that designs, engineers and manufactures innovative cockpit electronics products and connected car solutions for the world's major vehicle manufacturers.

– Cargill's animal nutrition business acquires majority stake in Ekol Gida, a leading marketer of premixes and feed additives in Turkey.

Local shareholder sells remaining shares in Netmarble Turkey to Netmarble Games, a Seoul-based leading mobile game producer and publisher.

The Abraaj Group's Anatolia Growth Capital Fund yesterday announced the acquisition of a stake in Yu-Ce Medical, a leading disposable medical supplies manufacturer specializing in medical gauze, medical sponges and surgical sutures. The company has operations in the Anatolia region of Turkey.

ING extends loan facility to Izmir Metropolitan Facility for the procurement of light rail cars following last year's loan facility for the construction of two urban tram lines.

A team of lawyers from Esin Attorney Partnership, a member firm of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein, advised ING Group's Turkish subsidiary on a syndicated loan obtained for trade finance purposes.

Metro Properties sells M1 Meydan Merter shopping mall to Bahcelievler Gayrimenkul, a real estate company jointly owned by Mesturkuaz and Ziylan Group.