"Turkey rises again
I made up my mind to visit Turkey during a research trip to Central Asian oil producers last October. Each country was investing its profit from high oil prices in infrastructure and I noticed that Turkish construction companies were in charge of most projects. From major projects in Dubai to the construction of the new capital in Kazakhstan, Turkish builders undertook almost every road, bridge and housing construction project in Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and the Kurdish region of Iraq. It reminded me of Korea's dominance in the Middle Eastern construction market in the 1970s. Turkey has replaced Korea as the reliable constructor for rapidly developing economies."
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