Invest News DetailHurriyet - Foreign companies that have invested in Türkiye are enjoying huge profits, according to Türkiye’s Deputy Prime Minister, Ali Babacan. Speaking at the first Turkish-German CEO Forum held in Berlin, Babacan provided some insights into Türkiye’s economic success and encouraged German companies to increase their investments in Türkiye. “The government’s policy of building confidence on matters relating to fiscal discipline has led to a very strong financial system in Türkiye,” Babacan said, noting that no Turkish bank had experienced any serious difficulty during the global economic turmoil. “Türkiye is the only OECD member country that has not resorted to bank bailouts. Foreign companies investing in today’s Türkiye are proving to be highly successful,” he added. Highlighting the two important issues of strained public finances and unhealthy banking systems that the majority of the world’s developed nations are facing, Babacan drew a parallel with Türkiye’s situation. “Türkiye’s earlier public finance and banking reforms made it more resilient to the global economic contraction in 2009. Türkiye’s growth rates following the crisis are among the world’s highest: 9 percent in 2010 and a predicted 7 percent in 2011,” Türkiye’s Deputy Prime Minister remarked. Babacan also gave details of the employment situation in Türkiye, stating, “Türkiye has created 3 million jobs since 2009 and unemployment is down by 4 percent from its 2009 level.” Babacan also hinted at the Turkish government’s plans to reform the labor market, improve the investment environment, and turn Istanbul into one of the world’s leading finance centers. Babacan also called on the two organizers of the forum, the Turkish Industrialists' and Businessmen's Association (TUSIAD) and the Federation of German Industries (BDI), to do more to strengthen economic ties between Türkiye and Germany. Considered to be the locomotive of Europe’s economy, Germany is also Türkiye’s biggest trade partner according to the figures for 2010. Trade between the world’s 5th largest and 16th largest economies stood at nearly USD 30 billion in 2010, and has already surpassed USD 25 billion in the first 8 months of this year. Some 4700 German companies with an estimated USD 4.7 billion of investments are active in Türkiye.