TWENTY-EIGHT TURKS IN BILLIONAIRES LIST OF FORBES

Luisa Kroll, one of the editors of the magazine, said Turkish lira (TL) gained value against the USD made more Turks be included in the billionaires list.
Husnu Ozyegin, the owner of the FIBA Holding, is the richest Turkish person with 3 billion USD of wealth, according to the list.
Ozyegin was ranked the 316th in the list, and Mehmet Emin Karamehmet, the owner of Cukurova Holding, was at the 342nd place with 2.9 billion USD of wealth.
Below are the 28 Turks who were included in the list:

316- Husnu Ozyegin (3 billion USD-Fiba Holding)
342- Mehmet Emin Karamehmet (2.9 billion USD-Cukurova Holding)
367- Sarik Tara (2.6 billion USD-Enka Insaat)
463- Ferit Sahenk (2.1 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
463- Murat Ulker (2.1 billion USD-Yildiz Holding)
488- Ali Ibrahim Agaoglu (2 billion USD-Agaoglu Holding)
488- Erman Ilicak (2 billion USD-Ronesans Construction)
488- Filiz Sahenk (2 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
582- Semahat Arsel (1.7 billion USD-Koc Holding)
616- Rahmi Koc (1.6 billion USD-Koc Holding)
655- Ahmet Nazif Zorlu (1.5 billion USD-Zorlu Holding)
721- Kamil Yazici (1.4 billion USD-Yazici Holding)
721- Suna Kirac (1.4 billion USD-Koc Holding)
773- Mehmet Rustu Basaran (1.3 billion USD-Habas)
773- Bulent Eczacibasi (1.3 billion USD-Eczacibasi Holding)
773- Tuncay Ozilhan (1.3 billion USD-Anadolu Endustri Holding)
828- Faruk Eczacibasi (1.2 billion USD-Eczacibasi Holding)
828- Mehmet Sinan Tara (1.2 billion USD-Enka Construction)
880- Ahsen Ozokur (1.1 billion USD-Yildiz Holding)
880- Mubariz Gurbanoglu (1.1 billion USD-Palmali Maritime)
937- Ahmet Calik (1 billion USD-Calik Holding)
937- Turgay Ciner (1 billion USD- Park Holding)
937- Aydin Dogan (1 billion USD-Dogan Holding)
937- Suzan Sabanci Dincer (1 billion USD-Sabanci Holding)
937- Sevket Sabanci (1 billion USD-Sabanci Holding)
937- Deniz Sahenk (1 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
937- Mustafa Latif Topbas (1 billion USD-BIM)
937- Murat Vargi (1 billion USD-MV Holding)

Holding a press conference in New York, Steve Forbes, the editor-in-chief of the magazine, said Turkey's economy had been better than that of the other countries in recent year.
Forbes said this economic situation raised the number of Turkish billionaires in the list.
The editor-in-chief also said Turkey could be more successful if it kept International Monetary Fund (IMF) out.

Below are the 13 Turks who took place in the 2009 Forbes list of billionaires:

221- Husnu Ozyegin (2.9 billion USD-Fiba Holding)
224- Mehmet Emin Karamehmet (2.8 billion USD-Cukurova Holding)
450- Sarik Tara (1.6 billion USD-Enka Construction)
468- Ali Ibrahim Agaoglu (1.5 billion USD-Agaoglu Holding)
559- Ahmet Zorlu (1.3 billion USD- Zorlu Holding)
647- Mubariz Gurbanoglu (1.1 billion USD-Palmali Group)
647- Ferit Sahenk (1.1 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
647- Murat Ulker (1.1 billion USD- Yildiz Holding)
647- Murat Vargi (1.1 billion USD-MV Holding)
701- Ahmet Calik (1.0 billion USD-Calik Holding)
701- Tuncay Ozilhan (1.0 billion USD-Anadolu Group)
701- Filiz Sahenk (1.0 billion USD-Dogus Holding)
701- Kamil Yazici (1.0 billion USD-Yazicilar Holding)

Mexican telecommunication giant Carlos Slim Helu was at the top of the Forbes list with a wealth of 53.5 billion USD, Microsoft's founder U.S. Bill Gates was the second with a 47 billion USD wealth, and U.S. investor and businessman Warren Buffet was the third.