Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO; it holds a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council from 2009-10. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community. On 31 December 1995 the customs union between Turkey and the European Union came into effect. It began accession membership talks with the European Union in 2005.
• Ease of doing business ranking: 731 • Economic freedom ranking: 752
Turkey was Singapore’s 54th largest trading partner in 2009 with total trade amounting to S$1 billion3.
Singapore-Turkey bilateral trade (S$ Thousands):
2008
2009
Imports
1,395,781
629,405
Exports
494,186
427,719
Total Trade
1,889,966
1,057,124
Source: IE Singapore's StatLink
1 World Bank Doing Business 2010 report 2 2009 Index of Economic Freedom 3 IE Singapore's StatLink
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Turkey, known officially as the Republic of Turkey, is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in Western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is bordered by Bulgaria to the northwest, Greece to the west, Georgia to the northeast, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. Turkey joined the UN in 1945 and in 1952 it became a member of NATO; it holds a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council from 2009-10. In 1964, Turkey became an associate member of the European Community. On 31 December 1995 the customs union between Turkey and the European Union came into effect. It began accession membership talks with the European Union in 2005. 
