Analysis

A business-friendly package: Incentives and other recent tax developments
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Foreign direct investment to Turkey totalled $74.8bn in the past five years. This is mostly due to the business-friendly environment prevailing in the country and the government’s continuous efforts to incentivise investments by both local and international investors. NEW REGIME: Within this framework, the government has recently announced a new investment incentive regime which can be described…

Analysis

Connected to the market: Popular internet platforms are the targets for sector growth
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As elsewhere, a long-term trend in Turkish advertising has been the relentless rise of digital and internet-based platforms increasing the pressure for new ad spend. These platforms are ever more mobile, as smartphones and tablets replace desktops and laptops. STRONG SOCIAL ROLE: Central to this phenomenon is the growth of social networking sites, with promising prospects for advertising. In…