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Foreign Direct Investment Reviews 2023

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The Turkish foreign direct investment (FDI) regime is mainly regulated under the Turkish FDI Law published in 2003 and the Turkish FDI Regulation. Turkish FDI Law provides that foreign and Turkish...

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Sezin Elcin Cengiz

Esma Aktas (White & Case, Associate, Istanbul) contributed to the development of this publication

The Turkish foreign direct investment (FDI) regime is mainly regulated under the Turkish FDI Law published in 2003 and the Turkish FDI Regulation. Turkish FDI Law provides that foreign and Turkish investors should be treated equally. Moreover, the Turkish government has started investment incentive programs to maintain domestic economic stability. To that end, in 2021, Türkiye's FDI Strategy (2021 – 2023) Report was published and the relevant report aims to increase Türkiye's FDI market share in global FDI inflows to 1.5 percent by 2023.

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To encourage FDI in Türkiye, the Investment Office of the Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye developed Türkiye's FDI Strategy (2021 – 2023) Report in cooperation with relevant public and private industry organizations

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