TRABZON - Alpaslan Korkmaz, chairman of Investment Support and Publicity Agency of Turkey, said Tuesday foreign investors' views changed positively about Turkey as they get certain information.
Korkmaz said the agency's primary goal was to attract direct foreign investment to Turkey.
"Our agency, which was established last year, informs foreign investors from all around the world. We tell them that Turkey is the 17th largest economy of the world and the 6th largest economy in the European Union," he told a conference in northeastern province of Trabzon.
"Direct foreign investments in Turkey soared to 20 billion USD in 2006 up from 10 billion USD in 2005. This amount was 3 billion USD in 2004. This year, as of September, 15.4 billion USD of direct foreign investments have been made in Turkey," he said.
"Thanks to our publicity activities in the world, we have been able to attract several foreign investors to Turkey," Korkmaz added.