Problems relating to Trade and Investment on Turkey

26. Others
Issue	Issue details	Requests	Reference

(1) Shipping Back of a Cargo due to Non Arrival

- An enterprise experienced cargo returns for a few times, shipped as small cargoes by EMS (international courier service by Japan Post Co., Ltd.) to its customers in India and Turkey. Member firm has switched to DHL and TNT (private international express delivery service) capable of solving non-arrival problems at increased cost, but it wishes to avoid the switch, as it results in increased cost to end users.

(2) Islamic States and Their Impact on Turkey

- Since 2012, a fair progress has taken place for legislative amendments concerning business development in Turkey. Especially, by implementation of the New Company Act, in conformity with the EU legislation, most issues on investment and trade are heading toward solutions. However, there remains one issue that can instantly damage business operation and that is the existence of the Islamic States. The movements of large countries within the area, namely, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Egypt, deserve attention. However, it is impossible to remove the influential impacts by the "IS" upon this area, without the capacity for the party itself to settle this conflict or the ability and the willingness to change the circumstances decisively by power such as US outside of "IS" area. Rather, the only means left for solution would be groping for the possibilities to quieting down the disputes under the leadership of a large state within the IS area.

- It is requested that GOJ requests GOT to present GOT's substantive strategy as the affairs stand today. Media reported information is totally devoid of the sense of urgency, filled with articles as if they are happenings that fall on the heads of other people, totally blacking out what's happening in the current Turkish Government Policy, as viewed from the foreign reporters' perspective.

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