Turkish overseas contracting services sector is among the most sophisticated service sectors of Turkiye with having undertaken 8.772 projects in 110 different countries with the value of 329,1 billion US Dollars since 1972.

This success might be attributed to Turkiye's competitive advantages; including its qualified human resource, enhanced technical knowledge, wide business experience, strong discipline, ability of adaptation to new technologies and innovations alongside its strong political relations and cultural proximity to the neighboring countries, and its determination to sustain coordination and cooperation between public institutions and private sector.

Turkish contractors have successfully completed big and extensive milestone projects especially in the Commonwealth of Independent States, the Middle East and North Africa in time.

Turkish Contactors have undertaken 46,2 billion US Dollars’ worth of project value between the years 1972 and 2002, in 30-year time. Since 2002, the international project value has reached to 283 billion US Dollars. The value of the projects undertaken in the last 14 years is 86% of all projects. Similarly, while annual project value was 2,9 billion US Dollars in 2001, it reached to 30 billion US Dollars in 2012 and 2013.

Moreover, the number of projects undertaken annually reached to 414 in 2013 and 336 in 2014, though it was 208 in 2002.

The improvement is not only quantitative but also qualitative. This can be extracted from the change of average value of the projects in years. The average value of a project has increased from 22 million US Dollars up to 98 million US Dollars between 2002 and 2015.

This transformation indicates that Turkish Contactors are now more capable of carrying out larger and more value-added projects such as airports, subways, industrial plants, natural gas and petroleum refineries, highways and energy stations.

The achievements of Turkish technical consultancy and engineering firms are also highly appreciated in the international arena, thanks to their contemporary visions and local know-how.

According to the list showing the 250 largest construction companies of the world announced annually by the international construction sector’s leading magazine, Engineering News Record (ENR), based on the total value of projects undertaken in the previous year on international level, Turkish overseas contracting companies were in the 2nd place upon the number of national companies and in the 9th place upon the national overall revenue in the list.

We set our goal as to increase the yearly value undertaken projects by Turkish companies to 100 billion US Dollars in 2023.

That is why, we stick to our vision of: “Creating a Turkish construction sector that is leader in its region and respected around the world.”

Governments and international companies can contact us to find Turkish contractors and engineering firms for their projects or as partners in their joint ventures in those regions where Turkish contractors have a strong local know-how and experience.

Contact: ydmh@economy.gov.tr

IMPORTANT LINKS

TURKISH CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

ASSOCIATION OF TURKISH CONSULTING ENGINEERS AND ARCHITECTS

TURKISH CONTRACTORS LISTED IN ENR 250

TURKISH DESIGN COMPANIES LISTED IN ENR 225