More Turkish businesses to invest in Ghana

More Turkish businessmen have expressed their interest in investing in education, real estate, construction and the manufacturing sectors in Ghana.

The President of the Ghana-Turkey Cooperation and Development Association (TUDEC), Mr Yusuf Temizkan, told the Daily Graphic that the prospective investors would be arriving in the country within the year to inject their capital into the country's economy.

He said it was through the business trips to Ghana and business trade fairs in Turkey that TUDEC organised that attracted hundreds of Turkish business people to come to Ghana to learn about  the business opportunities.

Ghana's economy

Mr Temizkan, who is also the General Manager of the Galaxy International School, said TUDEC was interested in supporting the growth of the Ghanaian economy and creating job opportunities for the  youth in the country.

He said TUDEC was hopeful that the investors would inject the needed capital to support the country's socio-economic development.

Mr Temizkan said it was in that light that TUDEC organised business trips to Ghana and Turkey as well as business trade fairs in Turkey.

He said the business trips and trade fairs offered the opportunity for Ghanaian businessmen and their Turkish counterparts to establish business contacts. 

Again, Mr Temizkan said TUDEC organised a business forum in 2012 for President John Dramani Mahama and a Ghanaian business delegation  in Turkey in collaboration with TUSKON , one of the largest business associations in Turkey. 

 About TUDEC

Last year, TUDEC, in collaboration with the National Peace Council (NPC), organised an international dialogue conference at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), on the theme: "Love and Tolerance; Peaceful Coexistence in Diversity."The conference was inspired by the book of a prominent Turkish Muslim scholar, opinion leader, poet, prolific teacher and author, Fethullah Gulen.

Speeches at the conference were captured in a book form which was edited by the Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante and  titled: "Love and Tolerance". The book was launched in March, this year.

The association is also engaged in different aid and relief organisations such as offering scholarships to needy students, provision of boreholes in rural areas and the donation of assorted food items and meat during Eid-ul-Adha, Eid-ul-Fitr and Christmas festivities.

TUDEC was established in 2011 to promote education and trade activities between Ghana and Turkey and to also offer social and humanitarian services such as aid, relief and dialogue activities in Ghana.

Activities of TUDEC are to fight against society’s three greatest enemies that are ignorance, poverty and disunity based on the philosophy of a Turkish Muslim scholar and author, Fethullah Gulen.