Boyner: "Turkey has become the country of future"

Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) Chairman Umit Boyner said yesterday that Turkey's dynamic growth potential and rapidly developing investment climate would provide Turkey with more capital. Speaking at the Investment in Turkey Texas Pacific Group (TPG) Perspective Conference, Boyner said that Turkey has now really become the country of future, stressing that important changes have occurred and strong and effective structural reforms have been carried out in Turkey since the economic crisis of 2001. "We hope that the growth rate will climb to 7% in 2011 under present conditions. The energy, real estate, infrastructure and finance sectors will offer a great potential in the future," said Boyner. Speaking in his part, Independent Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (MUSIAD) Chairman Omer Cihad Vardan said that the growth in production and industry has greatly contributed to Turkey's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, adding that 99% of enterprises in Turkey consist of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) and that they aim to improve and develop the SMEs and boost their contribution to the country's economy.