ISTANBUL

Foreign direct investments (FDI) to Türkiye in the first eight months of 2025 totaled $10.6 billion, according to data released Monday by the International Investors Association.

The figure soared 58% year-on-year from the same period of last year.

The Netherlands invested the most in Türkiye in the first eight months of the year, with $2.5 billion, followed by Kazakhstan and Luxembourg, both with $1.1 billion.

EU countries, which had a 58% share in the 2002-2024 period, had a 91% share in the January-August period of 2025.

The sectors with the highest investment in the first eight months of the year were wholesale and retail trade ($2.5 billion), information and communications ($1.2 billion), and food manufacturing ($1.2 billion).

In August alone, Türkiye's FDI amounted to $1.8 billion.

In August, $137 million of the total FDI inflow was made up of debt instruments and $202 million of real estate sales to foreign nationals.

Investment liquidations had a downward effect worth $494 million in the same month.

While total investment capital inflows in August totaled $1.5 billion, the information and communication services sector accounted for 69%, with $1 billion.

The wholesale and retail trade sector maintained its momentum by attracting 10% of the total equity capital inflows for the same month.

In August, Luxembourg had the largest share (71%), followed by the Netherlands (14%), Switzerland, Azerbaijan, and Ireland (2% each).