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About Turkey

bosphorus_istanbulTurkey has quickly emerged into a holiday and retirement destination for UK nationals. With its stunning coastline, long hot summers, friendly locals and 4-hour direct access from all UK airports, Turkey attracts over 2 million British (alone) tourists every year.

Turkey is a country with a lot to offer: tranquil sandy beaches, an impossibly turquoise sea, an unrivalled reputation for hospitality, a cuisine to die for and a vast array of delightful scenery, vibrant modern cities, spectacular mosques and castles and much more.

There are an enormous variety of things to see and do ranging from water sports to mountain trekking, archaeology to night clubbing and river rafting to shopping. Whether you leave Turkey with magnificent carpets, an appreciation of its history, or just a tan, you will want to go back for more and more. This all helps to make  Turkey the perfect place to buy your ideal property.  And with prices climbing fast and the ever increasing possibility that Turkey will join the EU, we believe now is the best time to buy.

Strategically placed


  • Bordering 8 nations and 4 seas, Turkey is a physical and cultural bridge between Europe and Asia.

  • 60% of Russia's trade passes through the Turkish Straits, which form part of Russia's only all-year access to unfrozen seas.

  • Turkey plays a critical role in the development of the newly independent states of Central Asia and is the hub for export of Caspian oil and gas.

A land of resources


  • A rich variety of landscape and climates attracts tourists to its beaches and mountains.Hagia sophia istanbul

  • This same variety makes it one of only seven net food exporters in the world.

  • Its greatest resource is its 62 million people, average age only 27, and its entrepreneurs.

Committed to democracy


  • It has been a multi-party parliamentary democracy since 1947.

  • It is the only secular democracy among the over-50 countries with a predominantly Muslim population.

  • It has free and privately-owned media, with no less than 16 national private TV networks, all able to speak out freely.

  • A member of NATO since 1952, it applied for full membership of the European Union in 1987. It has been in customs union with the EU since 1996.

A regional leader

  • It has supplied $2 billion to assist the development of Russia and the newly independent states of East Europe and Central Asia.

  • It led the creation of the Black Sea Economic Co-operation region

  • It was quick to support Allied policies in the Gulf War and to help in policies towards Northern Iraq.

  • It has contributed to UN operations in Somalia and the Balkans and is active in the Minsk Group seeking to settle the Armenian-Azeri conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh.

An economic power


  • Turkey's average annual growth rate of 5% makes it the fastest growing country in the Mediterranean.

  • Its exports range from cable for the Channel Tunnel to cars to China. It is Europe's largest supplier of textiles and apparel.

  • Its industry includes the only F-16 fighter factory outside the U.S.

  • It is the regional center for companies such as Coca-Cola, Chase Manhattan, Philips and Siemens.

A land of opportunity

  • Turkey's privatization program includes state enterprises active in airlines, banking, telecommunications and petroleum.

  • This and its $4.5 billion per year energy investment requirements offer important opportunities for foreign investors.

  • No wonder that the U.S. classes Turkey as one of its 10 Big Emerging Markets.







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