Private Equity is emerging as a popular capital raising and/or partnership concept in Turkey today. More private equity investors are considering Turkey as one of the ultimate high growth frontiers. Due to this potential they are becoming interested in investing in Turkey.

The object of this report is to elaborate on the practical aspects of what private equity is all about and its history in Turkey. We also wanted to provide an all inclusive document on the concepts and background with tips for both investors and Turkish companies in striking deals.

We also briefly discuss the basic concepts of venture capital, private equity, seed money, investment management companies, investors, funds raised and funds invested. Our purpose is to assist Turkish companies who may be realizing these concepts and may have difficulty in relating to them.

We hope that this study will be useful both for Turkish companies and private equity investors and will lead to more transactions through an improved mutual understanding of the dynamics.