Experts chart property opportunities in Turkey

Turkey has gained stature in the last decade into a stable market with a growing number of foreign investors. PropertyEU is bringing together a panel of experts to help chart a course for cross-border investors to the best real estate opportunities the country has to offer.

The panel for PropertyEU's second investment briefing includes Ahmet Iplikci, senior advisor to the Turkish Prime Minister's Office.

Iplikci is attached to the Investment Support and Promotion Agency in the UK (invest.gov.tr) and is vice chairman and board member of the Turkish British Chamber of Commerce and Industry. A former banker and hedge fund manager, Iplikci also has considerable experience as an entrepreneur and investor in start-ups as well as small-to-medium sized companies,

Iplikci is joined on the panel by acknowledged Turkey specialist Herman Kok, international research director at Multi Corporation; Anthony Labadie, managing director of CBRE, Turkey and Jos Tromp, director and head of CEE Research & Consulting.

As a former resident of Turkey, Kok has seen first-hand how the Turkish market underwent a major transformation in the past decade. 'Turkey used to be a hyper-inflationary economy and highly volatile. But it has left that phase behind it in the past 10 years. Since 2002, the government has created a stable platform for the economy.'

Multi Corporation was an early believer in the Turkish market. The European shopping centre developer based in the Netherlands, has developed and manages 10 operational Forum shopping and lifestyle centres across the country. Another centre, Forum Gaziantep, is under construction and a further five are under development.

The Turkish Investment Briefing is hosted by CBRE at its Henrietta House offices in London from 8 to 10.30 am on Thursday 14 February. Click here for more information and to reserve your place.