The Investment Advisory Committee (YDK) meeting was held at the Dolmabahçe Presidential Work Office, attended by relevant ministers, representatives of public and private sector institutions and organizations, and 33 international investors from 11 countries with a total value of 15 trillion dollars.
The final statement announced after the closed session said that international direct investment (UDY) is one of the most important elements of Türkiye's economic transformation.
The statement said: “Turkey, which was only able to attract $15 billion in direct investment in the 30 years between 1973 and 2002, has managed to attract a total of $282 billion in investment since 2003 (as of July 2025).”
The said statement noted that international direct investment, which reached $11.3 billion in 2024, reached the peak of recent years, reaching an annual value of $13.8 billion in July, and noted that more value-added investments were flowing into Turkey.
The statement noted that the share of export-oriented investments that bring Türkiye to a higher level of global value chains, are climate-friendly and provide skilled jobs is increasing, and noted that the reform agenda to attract new investments will be resolutely pursued to strengthen this momentum.
The statement emphasized that the SAI meetings, which have been held since 2004 to bring an international perspective to efforts to improve the investment environment in Türkiye, have become an excellent platform that brings together the global business community and the country's top policymakers around the same table.
“A productive dialogue environment was created”
The final statement noted that the YDK meetings, which made a significant contribution to the consultation process with the private sector within the work of the Investment Environment Improvement Coordination Committee (YOIKK), provide a productive atmosphere in which investors share their new investment plans in Türkiye with senior policymakers.
The statement noted that this year, leaders of international companies met in Istanbul and a productive dialogue environment was created. “At the SAI meeting, which was held in two separate sessions on the topics of global supply chains and digital investments, investor companies' perspectives and proposals for the development of Türkiye's business and investment environment were discussed in detail. In two separate sessions attended by relevant ministers and senior bureaucrats, Türkiye's green energy development “Many topics affecting competitiveness of Türkiye and promote its growth.” Sustainable measures such as expanding their capacities, strengthening their logistics infrastructure, promoting artificial intelligence technologies, developing digital infrastructure, stabilizing the supply chain and increasing human capacity in the area of twin transformation were discussed.”
The statement said that all proposals and assessments are expected to make a significant contribution to both the YOİKK Action Plan and other policy documents and action plans. “With the vision of making Turkey's 'Century of Investment', Türkiye aims to achieve a production infrastructure that is technology intensive, high added value and higher ranked in global value chains.”
“The next meeting is planned for 2026”
The said statement noted that the changes in the global economy are being closely monitored and that policies will continue that will allow the country to get a larger share of the global trade and investment pie.
The vision presented at the YDK meetings aims to increase Türkiye's competitiveness at the international level, continue to be a safe haven for international companies and ensure sustainable economic growth in line with global developments. The following statements were included in the statement:
“In addition, on the sidelines of this year's Investment Advisory Committee Meeting, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Presidential Investment and Finance Office and the travel and transportation technology company Amadeus for the development of Türkiye's travel and tourism sector. This strategic cooperation, which aims to develop Türkiye's travel and tourism ecosystem in the areas of digital technologies as well Strengthening tourism and transportation will make a significant contribution to our country's technology exports and talented workforce. will present.”
Emphasizing that the next meeting is scheduled to be held in 2026 under the chairmanship of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and involving executives of international companies, the statement said: “The global perspective that today's meeting offers to improve our investment environment will guide the reforms to be implemented by the next SAI meeting.”
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