Turkey waits for the world to catch on to equity story

July 06, 2011 12:00 am

Despite most of its key economic indicators pointing upwards, Turkey’s equity market has disappointed. However, as Philip Moore reports, that could all be about to change now the election is out the way and international investors start to realise Turkey’s long term prospects for political stability and economic growth are too good to ignore.

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