Foreign Direct Investment In Turkey

Article by Burcu Modanli

As expressed by Robert C. Feenstra, a well-known expert on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), "FDI combines aspects of both international trade in goods and international financial flows, and it is a phenomenon more complex than either of these."

In contrast with investments that enter and leave countries easily when at risk, FDI contributes to economical growth, employment, technological development and exportation-centered production of the host country (where investments are made) by also developing relationships even among distant countries. Considering the advantages for their economy, host countries wish to attract and provide legal safeguards for this kind of investment. Accordingly, international treaties and national investment regulations in general are intended to protect and incite FDI.