HOW TO RAISE EB-5 CAPITAL
IN TURKEY
Turkey's recent geopolitical challenges and the devaluation of the
Lira have been catalysts to increase immigration to the United
States through the EB-5 and E-2 programs.
By Abteen Vaziri
T
urkey is a country with a population of around 82 million
people and a GDP that is the 19th largest in the world.
Turkey’s largest city of Istanbul, which geographically divides
Asia and Middle East from Europe, separated by the Bosporus
River, boats a population of roughly 15 million and is the most
populous city in Europe and the home to almost one fifth of
Turkey’s population. Turkey’s central location has come in
handy in making Turkey’s military a unique NATO ally as well
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as important to Russia geopolitically since most Russian ships
have to pass through Istanbul’s Bosporus River in order to reach
open oceans through the Mediterranean Sea. Although Turkey
is a secular republic, the majority of Turkey’s population are
Sunni Muslims.
To better understand the climate of Turkish migration, knowing
parts of its history is helpful. Although parts of modern day
Turkey were geographically a part of the Roman Empire, Turkey
itself, or the Ottoman Empire the as it is known interchangeably