Projects Undertaken By Turkish Contractors Abroad Amount To $20 Bln

ANKARA - A total of 354 projects undertaken by Turkish contractors in 34 countries in 2007 amounted to nearly 20 billion USD.
Turkish contractors undersigned giant projects in several countries such as Ireland, Ghana, Mali, Sierra Leone, Cameroon and India.
According to authorities, Turkish contractors assumed the projects in the areas of construction, transportation, industry, water works and infrastructure in several countries.
Projects undertaken in Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) became 7.4 billion USD.
Meanwhile, Turkish construction companies undertook projects worth 4.9 billion USD only in Libya.