ISTANBUL
Anadolu Agency (AA) Finance Editorial Desk hosted Chairman of Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK), Rona Yircali in Istanbul on Friday.
Yircali assessed Turkey's and Turkish private sector's integration into the globalization process and recent developments. He also answered the questions of the editors at the meeting.
Yircali said he thought that it was important to inform the world via AA about Turkey's growth in the past decade.
He said that some European countries would not grow even though they were not affected much from the economic recession, adding that Turkey's recording growth during this process was very important.
Yircali noted that after Fitch, they expected other credit agencies to increase Turkey's credit note as well.
He said that foreign investors were very eager to invest in Turkey, stating that Turkey attracted 110 billion U.S. dollars of foreign investment in the past decade. "Last year, investments worth of 14.5 billion USD came to Turkey. As of the end of September 2012, the figure exceeded 14.5 billion U.S. dollars," he said.
Yircali said that he expected 2013 would be better year than 2012 for Turkey. "I think that our political stability will continue. Turkey's exports will also increase."
Attending the meeting through teleconference, AA Executive Board Chairman and Director General Kemal Ozturk said that AA broadcast news reports in five languages; in Turkish, Arabic, English, Russian and Bosnian, stating that it was very important for Turkey and for the business sector.
During the meeting, some of the questions were asked via AA Finance News Twitter account ''@aa_finans''.
