Countdown to the Seychelles Investment Forum in Istanbul, Turkey on September 28, 2012 |17 September 2012

• Turkey is uniquely poised in terms of what it has to offer traders and businessmen who appreciate and want to take advantage of the enormous opportunities opening up in this region.

• Its well-balanced, highly diversified economy has grown at nine percent in 2010 alone.

• Its work force is young, well educated and skilled.

• Its trading relationships with the West are well established and growing.

• Turkey is one of the growth markets, to which global prosperity will be most closely interlinked in the future.

• With an average growth rate of more than 7% in the past ten years, Turkey offers considerable sales and production opportunities for foreign investors.

• Turkey's strategic location, good relations with Russia, the Middle East and Europe and a supportive foreign investment policy helps attract global investment.

• Turkey is a country offering significant opportunities for foreign investors with its geographically perfect position to function as a gateway between Europe, Middle East, Caucasus and Central Asia.

Any business operators wishing to participate and network at this forum should contact the Promotion Unit of the Seychelles Investment Bureau (SIB) on 4295500.