According to a released statement on Thursday, Saudi businessman al-Mugherah applied for a land allocation to the Governorship of Bursa. Al-Mugherah requested one million square meters land to build an enormous complex and thermal resorts and 100,000 square meters to construct an automotive spare parts factory.
Fairfax County Board of Supervisors Chairman Sharon S. Bulova (D) packed her bags late Friday for a 10-day trip to Turkey to explore possible economic exchanges and to strengthen cultural ties with Northern Virginia’s small population of Turkish immigrants.
The Turkish entrepreneur Mustafa V. Koç, who plays a leading role in Turkey's finance and industry and is a strategic partner of the most important Italian industries active in Turkey, has won the Leonardo International 2012 Award. This prize is awarded each year by the Leonardo Committee to foreign businessmen that have contributed strengthening economic and commercial ties between Italy and their country of origin. 
Azerbaijani businessman, President of the Palmali Group of Companies, Mubariz Mansimov, has bought an island near the port that he owns in Bodrum city. Operational construction works are under way in the island, and a grandiose opening ceremony of the island is expected to be held soon, Gun.Az reported.
