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EBRD opens new Turkish office

Türkiye Materials 28 August 2014 16:41 (UTC +04:00)
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is stepping up its engagement in Turkey with a new office in the south-eastern city of Gaziantep, the Bank reported on August 28.
EBRD opens new Turkish office

Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug.28

By Aygun Badalova - Trend:

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is stepping up its engagement in Turkey with a new office in the south-eastern city of Gaziantep, the Bank reported on August 28.

The opening of the new office is driven by the growing demand for EBRD investments in Turkey.

EBRD First Vice President Phil Bennett will officially open the Bank's third office in Turkey on 10 September 2014.

Home to 1.7 million people, Gaziantep is a dynamic business hub and a gateway to the south-east of the country. The city has Turkey's largest organised industrial area and with its extensive olive groves, vineyards and pistachio orchards is also an important centre for agribusiness. Gaziantep's exports account for over four percent of Turkey's total exports.

The office in Gaziantep will help the EBRD better serve micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) located outside the large metropolitan areas of Istanbul and Ankara by providing long-term finance to local companies and offering support and know-how to their management, the report said.

In this way, the EBRD will continue to play a key role in supporting the further economic development of Turkey, particularly in the less developed, mostly rural, eastern regions, where long-term financing remains scarce for many MSMEs, the Bank said.

The EBRD has two offices in Turkey, in Istanbul and Ankara. Since the start of its operations in the country in 2009, the Bank has invested over 3.5 billion euros in the Turkey across 120 projects covering infrastructure, energy, agribusiness, industry and finance. In just five years the EBRD's portfolio in Turkey has become one of the largest among the countries where the Bank invests.

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