The Canadian-Turkish Business Council (CTBC) was founded by several major Canadian corporations with business interests in Turkey.  The aim of the Council is to promote bilateral trade and investment between Turkey and Canada

EXPORT PROMOTION CENTER OF TURKEY

IGEME, the only non-profit public organization in its field, was established in 1960 with the aim of assisting the foreign enterprises in doing business with Turkey, while on the other hand supporting Turkish entrepreneurs in their efforts to export more.

İGEME, with its branch offices home and abroad, offers a rich variety of activities for the use of Turkish and the foreign business circles. To ensure speedy service and meet regional needs and requirements more closely, İGEME has two branch offices in İstanbul and İzmir. It also has two overseas offices in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and in Lefkoşe, in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. In addition, İGEME has local representatives in 13 major cities of Turkey.

İGEME offers quick and accurate commercial trade information through its rich commercial library, computerized trade information system and publications.

İGEME’s Trade Information System (TIS) supplies Turkish trading company registers, world and Turkish trade statistics, trade inquiries and foreign trade regulations in electronic or printed form.

İGEME is now hosting and coordinating the work for setting up Trade Point Ankara as well as the other Trade Points in Turkey. The “Trade Point Program” was first established by UNCTAD as a part of its “Trade Efficiency Initiative”. A Trade Point is a trade facilitation center with the ultimate aim of increasing participation in international trade and harmonizing trade procedures, thus bringing down the costs of trade transactions.

In addition, İGEME has its own Web site ( http://www.igeme.org.tr) and produces home pages and multimedia catalogues for companies and hosts them on the Internet.