ISTANBUL

Foreign direct investments (FDI) to Türkiye in the first four months of 2025 totaled $3.3 billion, according to data released Monday by the International Investors Association.

The figure rose 13% year-on-year from the same period of last year.

In the first four months of the year, the three countries that invested the most in Türkiye were Kazakhstan with $610 million, the Netherlands with $311 million, and the US with $201 million.

In April alone, Türkiye's FDI amounted to $408 million.

In April, $327 million of the total FDI inflow was made up of debt instruments and $140 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 April amounted to $435 million, financial and insurance activities had a 21.4% share with an investment inflow of $93 million. Specifically, $65 million of the $93 million investment was in the banking sector.

Textile and apparel manufacturing outperformed its previous cumulative performance and attracted 21.1% of investment capital inflows in the same period.

Wholesale and retail trade with 19% and professional, scientific, and technical activities with 11% were the other sectors with the highest number of investments.

EU countries, which had a 58% share in the 2002-2024 period, had a 48% share in the fourth month of 2025.

In the same month, Middle Eastern countries were the second-largest investor region in Türkiye with a share of 18%.

In April, the Netherlands had the largest share with 28%, followed by the United Arab Emirates with 17%, Britain with 10%, France with 8%, and the US with 7%.