By Gokhan Ergocun
ISTANBUL (AA) – Some 1,500 meetings between domestic and foreign investors were held at the Turkey-Qatar Badeer Investment Platform summit.
The two-day I. Business World and Investment Opportunities Summit ended on Thursday.
The summit was attended by 300 foreign investors and 100 domestic business-people from various sectors, the platform said in a statement.
Foreign investors across the world including the U.S., Russia, France, and Qatar, are expected to invest $3 billion in Turkey, it added.
Bader Al Saeed, the head of Badeer Investment Platform, said Wednesday that Turkey was the cradle of investment with a large number of opportunities.
“Investment opportunities, which are provided in Turkey, cannot be found in any other country, ” he added.
The platform assists international investors who have plans to invest in Turkey to get citizenship and choosing the right finance options, location and sector.
Ali Ercoskun, a board member of the platform, said in a statement that Turkey had some of the best investment incentives in the world.
“In recent years, especially Arab countries have been interested in investing in Turkey, ” he said.
He added that Qatari people's investments in Turkey totaled $1.75 billion in the last eight years and they want to invest $500 million in 2019.
The summit was held with support of the Turkish Presidency's Investment Office and Trade Ministry,
