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Turkish shipyards on the verge of closure due to financial crisis
(Zaman Daily Newspaper)
February 7, 2011
Mürsel Karadeniz, Istanbul Zaman Daily Newspaper
The number of operating Turkish shipyards has decreased by 60 percent since 2008, when the global financial crisis started, leading to a possible closing down of the sector.
The tremendous growth of the Turkish shipbuilding industry began in 2005, when orders increased tenfold, and lasted until 2008, when the shipbuilding sector had reached a total turnover of $3 billion. Due to the global financial crisis that started in 2008 the sector, which was able to build approximately 250 ships per year, has witnessed many cancelled orders ...... Read more on Zaman Daily Newspaper
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