Telecommunication AirTies, Karel and TTNET, started a production of %100 locally. AirTies’s collaboration with Karel will enable TTNET to develop the set-top boxes for Tivibu Home Service in Turkey. Developed by AirTies’ innovation-based product development expertise, future IPTV set-top boxes will be offered with 100 percent domestic production in Karel’s premises in Ankara in the first half of 2014. The set-top boxes produced in Turkey with an annual capacity of 300 thousand units will also be exported to operators abroad. Transportation -TEMSA and ASELSAN co-produced Turkey’s first 100 percent domestic electric bus Avenue EV. -First Domestic Technology Working with Solar […]

All these years behind Iran was so effected by the embargo, being a rough diamond. After the embargo was lifted the companies all around the world direct their interests and investments to Iran. We can consider the following sectors and projects as the most interesting: Energy: Total and China National Petroleum made an agreement of 20 years valued on 5 billion USD to develop the South Pars naturas gas area. South Korean SK E&C signed a pre-agreement with Iran National Oil Company to develop the Tabrizi refinery. The Project value is 1,6 billion EUR. The Chinese Sinopec signed a deal […]

The tourists coming from Arabic countries to Turkey increased up to 3 million in 2017 until june, and with this number, the amount of Money they are spending while shopping is also increasing, and of course the shopping malls make great income from these tourists. Most of the tourists are coming from Iran, Saudi Arabia, Azerbaijan and Kuwait, also they are the bigger spenders per capita. For example a Saudi citizen in one day can buy a 1 million $ house and at the same day he goes out with his family for shopping and spend 2.4 million liras in […]

The e-commerce market in our country is growing rapidly and in the near future it seems to reach an even more important position not only in the country but also in the World. The increase in purchasing power in Turkey and therefore the increase of personal expenses is an important factor in the growth of e-commerce. One of the most important reasons for the growth of the e-commerce market in Turkey is also the widespread use of the internet. the vast majority of 46 million internet users in Turkey are credit card users is another factor that contributes to the […]

Iran, country that has a great historical background, It is the present heir of the Persians and the Med Empires, dating back in 625. Especially the wars of the Persians with the Greeks and with the Great Alexander are still stories told from the bottom of History. Iranian culture is pre-Islamic and has reached the level of daylight by being mixed with the tradition of Islam, afterwards. Iranian culture transmit the Islamic dicipline to law, linguistics, medicine, architecture, philosophy and literature. Official language is Persian and it has been a dominant language in Central Asia and the Middle East for […]

Our new era is called the ‘New Industry Revolution’. It is coming out of from artificial intelligence, robotic Technologies, 3D printers, big data etc., developments in technology. The countries following these evoultions and developing themselves can be dominant and can play actively in the global market. Let’s focus on what Turkey has as a plan under these informations. According to the datas from Information and Communication Technologies Authority, Turkey ranked no.1 across Europe with its 436 minutes mobile usage, considering the 237 minutes average in Europe. It is determined that there are approximately 95% of the population of mobile users […]

Turkey-Iran Business Forum: Coordinated by the Ministry of Economy and the Turkish Exporters Assembly. In July 2017, took place in the form of the opening of the Tehran Turkish Trade Center, Turkey-Iran Business Forum and Bilateral Business Talks. The aim is to increase the market share, opening new business and investment roads between both countries. The priority sectors are the participation of sector companies manufacturing and exporting products in international standards, especially construction materials, furniture, home textile products and machinery.   Iran-Turkey Automotive Purchasing Summit: The participants are the automobile, light commercial vehicles, buses, trucks and work machines manufacturing companies […]

Turkey made a significant breakthrough in the food sector by adopting a number of norms such as food engineering, quality control, hygiene and related document requirements with examples from developed world countries. For 10 years, the service and culinary professions in the food and beverage sector have developed from different business lines. Turkey’s great cousine helps developing the sector by restaurants, bistros, fast- food chains, concept coffee shops etc. Considering these development, adopting the new food trends in the worldwide helped Turkish food sector to play globally and attract many tourists. Let’s take a close look to the food trends […]

Turkey will host very important international sports organizations in 2017 in several different disciplines, from basketball to tekwando, winter sports to athletics.   Deaflympics 2017   23rd Hearing Impaired Olympic Games (Deaflympics 2017) will be held in Samsun between the dates 18-30 July. Sportsmen from 110 countries will participate in 20 different disciplines. Approximately 15.000 people will be accommodated in the Olympic village, which will be formed at the May 19 University Campus for Deaflympics 2017.   EuroBasket 2017 The 2017 European Men’s Basketball Championship (EuroBasket 2017) will be organized in partnership with four countries, including Turkey. The group matches […]

Iran is ready to develop tourism sector within the next 8 years. The aim is increasing tourist number of visitors from 4.8 million to 20 million until 2025. Even considering the embargo from US, EU and UN, people coming all around the world left 6.5 billion USD in Iran. Tourists spend 1.355 USD per person. This number is almost two times of the money spent in Turkey, which gives an idea of the potential if this sector in Iran. Iran, which had a great progress in energy, mining, fast food products, food and beverage, retail, automotive, aerospace and manufacturing sectors, […]

Turkey, with it’s strategic location, is a key country in international organizations in which Turkey is a member, founder and / or has an important position in. These main organizations are: NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Turkey became a member in 1952. UN (United Nations) Turkey is a member of UN since 1945 and also of many subsidiary organizations within the United Nations including UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, World Health Organization, World Trade Organization. G-20 Turkey hosted the organization in 2015. European Council   Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe   OECD   Economic Cooperation Organizaiton It was established […]

Turkey’s similarity with Arabic countries in terms of history, culture, and social behavour affects the relations and the influence of Turkey in these countries. Turkey follows a multidimensional and forward-looking foreign policy and this, helps it to struggle for domination of peace, stability and prosperity in the Middle East and gives strong and active support. Turkey is connected to Middle East geographically. Plans for the creation of transport corridors with the European Union or, in recent times, the revival of China’s Silk Road, and serious investments are being made; Turkey also needs to work to improve transportation corridors so that […]

Although there were great negative effects for the Turkish economy like the crisis with Russia, terrorism, Syrian situation and coup attempt, all in 2016, Turkey’s economy grown %3 in 2016. Even with these unexpected things, it can be seen Turkey grew faster than other 20 EU member countries. Regarding the tourism sector, during normal conditions Turkey would recieve around 40 million tourist all around the World, but in 2016 that figure came to 30 million. As long as the crisis with Russia is over and the terrorism seems to be under control in the country, a much better figure is […]

In 2011 Iran has 1,6 million automobile production which decreased almost half of it during the embargo. The foreign partners had to leave the country and the rest had to change their direction to limited spare parts for old models. Hyundai, PSA, Peugeot, Citroen left the country and Renault stayed to import and produce spare parts but couldn’t manufacture new models. Now, all these companies are turning back and companies like Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Kia, Fiat and Toyota started to participate in the fairs. It is told that PSA made a pre-agreement with Iran and Minister of Industry put a […]