Today, one of the methods used by the developing countries with
the purpose of addressing the financial needs is foreign investors.
Foreign investments play a significant role in the economic
development of countries. One of the foreign investment methods is
establishing liaison offices at the country where the investment is
planned. "Foreign Direct Investment Law" No. 4875 enacted
on 17 June 2003 has established important regulations on this
matter.
Liaison offices can be defined as "Foundations which were
established by the companies in abroad and -on condition that
commercial activities are not covered- which were founded in order
to communicate, host, contact, do market research and follow the
business opportunities and so on". Companies registered abroad
generally prefer establishing liaison offices in Turkey in order to
introduce their commercial activities or carry out market research.
The difference between the liaison offices and the limited
liability