GLOBAL ADVANTAGE OF

TURKEY

CONSULATE GENERAL OF TURKEY OFFICE OF THE COMMERCIAL ATTACHÉ

CHICAGO, IL

16th largest economy in the world6th in Europe in 2010

The largest youth population in Europe

8th largest steel producer in the World and 2nd in Europe

Turkey is the 16th largest automotive producer in the world (OICA 2010)

• Turkish Airlines is one of the fastest growing airlines in Europe• Fleet Plan for 2009-2023; purchase 105 aircrafts• The best airline in Europe (Skytrax 2009)• 29.1 million passengers flew by Turkish Airlines in 2010

- 102.7 million airline passengers in Turkey (2010)- Istanbul Ataturk Airport is the best airport in Southern Europe (Skytrax 2010)

Major reasons to invest in Turkey

Major reasons to invest in Turkey

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Major reasons to invest in Turkey

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Major reasons to invest in Turkey

Major reasons to invest in Turkey

Major reasons to invest in Turkey

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US & MIDWEST US GENERAL IMPORT US & MIDWEST US GENERAL EXPORT

2010 2011 2010-2011 2011 Through Sept. 2012 Through Sept. 2011 - 2012 2010 2011 2010-2011 2011 Through Sept. 2012 Through Sept. 2011-2012

USz 1,913,160,073,828 2,207,823,920,229 15% 1,641,307,177,716 1,705,631,535,191 4% US 1,278,263,225,486 1,480,431,903,237 16% 1,096,638,212,670 1,151,861,597,722 5%

MIDWEST US 366,061,075,544 422,131,075,243 15% 311,506,350,937 338,676,598,274 9% MIDWEST US 247,084,796,789 288,393,090,593 17% 214,732,301,289 229,083,157,369 7%

Illinois 108,924,628,742 122,048,063,856 12% 90,444,080,910 95,089,149,683 5% Illinois 50,058,293,734 64,823,414,516 29% 48,457,796,924 51,835,742,690 7%

Michigan 88,087,316,917 104,278,123,399 18% 76,351,356,733 86,678,536,715 14% Michigan 44,768,187,457 51,003,027,609 14% 38,112,951,915 41,900,121,555 10%

Ohio 52,987,281,346 59,777,228,588 13% 44,407,919,338 47,950,492,467 8% Ohio 41,493,512,722 46,415,700,981 12% 34,036,855,677 36,451,557,864 7%

Indiana 33,145,792,394 39,515,244,125 19% 29,141,614,302 32,975,123,221 13% Indiana 28,744,977,002 32,282,315,399 12% 24,245,662,086 25,619,070,412 6%

Minnesota 26,344,805,755 33,124,473,916 26% 24,136,105,174 24,324,820,961 1% Wisconsin 19,789,522,286 22,055,118,359 11% 16,337,994,245 17,387,262,869 6%

Wisconsin 19,688,267,067 21,923,551,910 11% 16,396,452,751 17,746,641,252 8% Minnesota 18,903,725,389 20,318,743,624 7% 15,221,185,598 15,434,865,959 1%

Missouri 12,841,675,228 15,698,414,069 22% 11,720,329,232 12,162,809,322 4% Iowa 10,880,026,652 13,306,810,612 22% 9,765,187,048 11,082,810,983 13%

Kansas 10,826,223,388 9,791,794,441 -10% 7,081,669,911 8,274,481,681 17% Missouri 12,925,559,774 14,153,831,541 10% 10,591,994,993 10,719,606,166 1%

Iowa 7,090,865,307 8,240,433,038 16% 6,158,048,260 7,081,742,192 15% Kansas 9,905,219,429 11,598,460,663 17% 8,707,745,117 8,709,831,951 0%

North Dakota 2,528,414,658 3,473,626,860 37% 2,469,493,192 3,002,033,653 22% Nebraska 5,819,949,181 7,582,290,200 30% 5,623,498,496 5,627,232,245 0%

Nebraska 2,900,806,184 3,414,869,180 18% 2,567,870,710 2,652,790,317 3% North Dakota 2,536,428,341 3,393,096,575 34% 2,522,844,477 3,164,092,650 25%

South Dakota 694,998,558 845,251,861 22% 631,410,424 737,976,810 17% South Dakota 1,259,394,822 1,460,280,514 16% 1,108,584,713 1,150,962,025 4%

US & MIDWEST US GENERAL IMPORT FROM TURKEY US & MIDWEST US GENERAL EXPORT TO TURKEY

2010 2011 2010-2011 2011 Through Sept. 2012 Through Sept. 2011-2012 2010 2011 2010-2011 2011 Through Sept. 2012 Through Sept. 2011-2012

US 4,206,883,429 5,219,527,857 24% 3,935,262,311 4,791,921,362 22% US 10,545,529,653 14,657,438,498 39% 11,168,235,154 9,617,037,898 -14%

MIDWEST US 794,229,113 1,102,301,938 39% 803,615,122 1,086,697,780 35% MIDWEST US 942,341,013 903,841,494 4% 660,309,404 673,795,685 2%

Michigan 321,033,931 529,291,721 65% 385,111,837 510,352,575 33% Illinois 134,635,462 146,596,625 9% 105,197,238 134,927,703 28%

Illinois 132,388,233 193,718,884 46% 145,506,749 179,151,752 23% Ohio 359,291,262 234,610,582 -35% 147,599,297 132,031,561 -11%

Ohio 131,337,714 122,227,887 -7% 85,229,317 110,769,691 30% Missouri 60,428,913 58,232,986 -4% 48,063,424 86,592,714 80%

Wisconsin 67,805,509 68,228,378 1% 48,175,639 103,399,821 115% Wisconsin 97,538,498 79,536,294 -18% 62,073,994 70,817,195 14%

Kansas 59,594,679 69,423,396 16% 53,339,005 71,474,821 34% Michigan 58,505,004 91,853,187 57% 72,725,573 57,857,116 -20%

Missouri 32,790,261 33,874,363 3% 23,190,595 37,599,902 62% Minnesota 62,164,014 69,720,167 12% 48,916,359 51,978,722 6%

Indiana 14,354,955 21,645,898 51% 13,809,143 28,762,099 108% Indiana 56,562,333 105,437,286 86% 84,313,429 49,023,797 -42%

Minnesota 10,341,715 16,505,253 60% 12,702,954 18,772,698 48% Kansas 59,002,231 38,765,804 -34% 31,235,628 46,373,033 48%

Iowa 15,696,576 17,549,509 12% 13,467,377 16,005,893 19% Iowa 25,787,971 51,968,807 102% 38,225,521 23,227,657 -39%

Nebraska 4,864,067 10,674,020 119% 7,700,137 5,374,788 -30% Nebraska 7,242,931 12,563,763 73% 10,873,389 14,379,536 32%

North Dakota 3,823,437 18,898,509 394% 15,213,228 4,795,465 -68% North Dakota 18,797,002 10,280,556 -45% 7,766,128 5,870,781 -24%

South Dakota 198,036 264,120 33% 169,141 238,275 41% South Dakota 2,385,392 4,275,437 79% 3,319,424 715,870 -78%