Turkey: A crossroads of risk and opportunities

Foreign investors might be facing the dilemma of whether or not to invest in Turkey, with the rising opportunity from high interest rates on the Turkish Lira and very low stock prices of the BIST 100 Index's valuation of the United States dollar, as well as the decreasing value of real estate. The flip side of the coin is the Turkish economy possesses further risks behind increasing inflation amid the recent rally of currency devaluation, high political tensions across the region and more frequent crises with its longstanding ally, the U.S.