Survey provides the first ever ranking of Turkish multinationals investing abroad

Report dated December 3, 2009

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Istanbul and New York, December 03, 2009

Survey provides the first ever ranking of Turkish multinationals investing abroad Report dated December 3, 2009

Kadir Has University (KHU), the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), and the Vale Columbia Center released the results of the first ever survey of Turkish multinationals on December 3, 2009.

The report on the survey, which draws mainly on 2007 data, lists 12 leading Turkish multinationals that together had nearly USD 16 billion in foreign assets, USD 12 billion in foreign sales, and 72,000 employees abroad. The list is dominated by family-owned conglomerates but also includes firms in infrastructure, communications, energy, and manufacturing.

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