Turkey Seeks to Build Industrial Zones in Syria to Bolster Trade
Trade between Turkey and Syria reached $1.9 billion in the first seven months of 2025, Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat said.
Photographer: Ed Ram/Getty ImagesTurkey plans to build industrial zones in Syria to develop the country’s war-ravaged economy and boost cross-border trade.
“It’s possible to establish industrial zones with secure and fully-infrastructured facilities in Syria within a short period,” Rifat Hisarciklioglu, the head of Turkey’s Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges, told senior Syrian and Turkish ministers at a meeting in Ankara.