The document summarizes investment and cooperation opportunities in the Trakya region of Turkey. It notes that Trakya is located on EU territory and borders Greece and Bulgaria, providing advantages due to its proximity to neighboring countries. It describes the large European Free Zone industrial park located in Tekirdağ/Corlu region, which hosts over 180 factories and generates $2 billion in annual trade. The document outlines various industrial zones in Trakya that employ over 10,000 people and serve the wider Marmara region, including sectors such as textiles, chemicals, plastics, food, and machinery. It encourages investigation of potential investment areas.

1. INVESTMENT & COOPORATION
OPPORTUNITIES IN TRAKYA
Burcu YIGITER
EU - Business Development Centers Network
Business Service Manager
2009

2. TURKEY IS A MEMBER OF CUSTOMS UNION
AND HALF OF EXPORTS GOES TO EU MEMBER
COUNTRIES
QUALITY STANDARDS APPROACHED TO EU LEVELS IN
MOST SECTORS

3. TRAKYA, GATE TO EUROPE

4. PROXIMITY TO NEIGBOURING COUNTRIES PROVIDES AN
IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE TO TEKİRDAĞ
TRAKYA IS ON EU
TERRITORY AND
BORDERING GREECE AND
BULGARIA

5. • Turkey’s one of the biggest private industry park,
European Free Zone (EFZ) is located in an
industrial centre at Tekirdağ/Corlu region and was
established on a 2.000.000 m2 area started to
operate on 1999.
• Because of the strategic location, EFZ is playing a
very inportant role of the Turkish foreign trade. By
the beginning of 2008 the trade volume reached to
2 Billion dollars.
•Production
•Purchasing- Selling
•Assembling-
Disassembling
•Repair-Maintenance
•Banking
•Insurance
•Others
EUROPEAN FREE ZONE

6. Total Area 12.5 MILLION m2
Factories Operating 189
Breakdown of Sectors 73 textile, 18 chemical, 20 plastic, 10 iron and
steel, 9 other metals, 5 food, 5 machinery, 4
fuel,
3 forestry, 2 paper, 2 glass, 2 electronics, 2
drinks, 1 agricultural machinery, 33 others
Total Energy Consumption 60.000.000 Kw-h per month
Çerkezköy Organised Industrial Zone

7. Total Area 12.5 MILLION m2
Factories Operating 118
Capacity 25.050.000 cattle and sheep
Total Energy Consumption 4.200.000 Kw-h electric, 2000 tons of fuel, and
2.150.000 m3 per month
Çorlu Leather Organised Industrial Zones

8. ALL INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES ARE
AVALIABLE IN ALL OF THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES

9. 310 FIRMS IN THE ORGANİSED INDUSTRIAL AREAS,
EMPLOY MORE THAN 10.000 PEOPLE AND SERVE
NOT ONLY TEKİRDAĞ BUT ALSO THE ENTIRE
MARMARA REGION INCLUDING ISTANBUL

10. BREAKDOWN OF PRODUCERS

11. Breakdown of Industry

12. Breakdown of Area Usage

13. SOME PRODUCTS PRODUCED IN TEKĠRDAĞ

14. Agriculture Machinery: High Capacity and
Innovation
Vegetable Oil: Cheap Raw Material
Textiles: High Quality
Alcoholic Drinks: Cheap Raw Material
Energy: Closeness to Big Cities and Indusrty
Potential Investment Areas
Investigation

15. THIS PERIOD IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR BOTH
PARTIES REGARDING COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP,
INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENTS OR MUTUAL
RELATIONSHIPS

16. THANK YOU !
Contact:
e-mail: burcu_yigiter@yahoo.com
Web: www.abigem.org