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Submitted by Ragip Soylu on Thu, 04/09/2026 - 13:30 Turkish officials are offering incentives to Gulf firms unsettled by war, but many obstacles remain The financial and business district of Maslak in Istanbul, on 15 August 2018 (Ozan Kose/AFP) Off With the war on Iran exposing global centres of capital in the Gulf to risk, the Turkish government is looking for ways to lure investors and firms based in the United Arab Emirates to Turkey. A senior Turkish official recently told international inve
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