The city, bearing the position of being the country’s economic locomotive can be defined as ‘private sector's management’, the ‘capital of economy’. Therefore, headquarters of all companies in all sectors are located in Istanbul. The rest of the financial institutions conducting the money markets such as IMKB (İstanbul Stock Exchange), Gold Stock Exchange and leasing, factoring and insurance sector are located here.
Trade, finance, culture and tourism sectors are mostly located at the center, industry sector is located at suburbs such as Tuzla, Pendik, and İkitelli. The population consists of 15 million, mostly comprised of young workers. The city has a very dense traffic in which 4 millions of vehicles are transiting and streets are mostly crowded from 09.00 a.m. to 06.00 p.m. due to rush hours. Maslak, Etiler and Levent could be defined as the future vision of the city.
Huge business centers of holdings, headquarters of international companies and banks and skyscrapers are particularly located in these areas of the city. These areas, where young professionals work and live, are surrounded by luxurious restaurants and shopping malls. In these areas where international companies are located, it is possible to come across businessmen from all over the world. Therefore lots of restaurant brands that exemplify from world cuisines also are located here.
Complexes such as Akmerkez at Etiler, Metrocity and Kanyon at Levent and Cevahir at Şişli can be counted as grand shopping malls of Europe. It is possible to encounter the incarnations of modern business life at areas such as Maslak, Etiler, Levent and Nişantaşı.
- Istanbul's share in Turkey manufacturing industry TAV is approximately 30%.
- Working population is approximately 4 millions.
- 24% of motorized vehicles in Turkey have the Istanbul license tag.
- 35% of total deposit of Turkey is in Istanbul.
- The annual contribution of the city to government budget is approximately 40%.
- 43% of total export/import is performed here.
- 38% of the Industry institutions of Turkey are located in Istanbul.
- The city has 55% of commercial capacity.
