Turkey’s impressive track record in contracting and construction

23 Jun 2023 CW Team

Turkish contractors can collaborate with Indian companies in Africa and Asia in JVs, technology transfer, financing, capacity building and market expansion.”

- Cüneyt Yavuzcan, Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Mumbai

Here’s a fact you may not know! In the list of The World's Top 250 International Contractors, published by Engineering News Record (ENR) magazine, Türkiye ranked second after China in August 2022. As Cüneyt Yavuzcan, Consul General of the Republic of Türkiye in Mumbai, tells us, this is a testament to the country’s impressive track record in contracting and construction. A career member of the Turkish Diplomatic Service, Yavuzcan served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the Turkish Embassy in New Delhi from November 2019 to December 2022, before arriving in Mumbai. This international relations graduate of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara has previously served in various capacities in Turkish diplomatic, permanent or consular missions in Nairobi, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Prague, Kabul, Plovdiv, Montreal and Bratislava. He shares more about Türkiye’s stellar reputation for international contracting, the reasons for its success, and the potential for Turkish companies to work in and with India.

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