Haberturk - Austrian home products retailer Baumax will invest EUR 1 billion in Türkiye, according to company CEO Martin Essl. Choosing Türkiye’s Black Sea province Samsun as an entry point to the Turkish market, Baumax plans to open 50 stores in Türkiye over a 10-year period. “Türkiye is the largest country that we operate in” said Essl, during the opening ceremony of the first store in Samsun, and added that the company will open stores in Istanbul and Izmit in 2010.