Şanlıurfa Investment Support Office
Investment Support Offices (YDOs) manage the administrative transactions for new investments and work to attract investors to the region by providing consultation service for the investors, helping with determining the location of investment, promoting the investment opportunities of the region, and generating publicity for the region. Sanliurfa YDO, which is part of Karacadag Development Agency, provides expertise services in four different fields including field of coordination.
Duties and Authorities of the Investment Support Offices
• Following and coordinating the administrative work and transactions of the investors in Sanliurfa, which fall under the jurisdiction of public agencies and institutions. Monitoring investments.
• Providing free consultation services to the investors.
• Helping to determine the location of investment.
• Determining possible problems and obstacles for the investors and adressing them.
• Promoting the investment opportunities in Sanliurfa both nationally and internationally.
• Determining and implementing support and promotion strategies for Sanliurfa in cooperation with the Prime Ministry Investment Support and Promotion Agency and other related institutions.
• As part of its counselling duty responding to the requests of information that come either nationally or internationally.
• Organizing meeting for the foreign investors with the related agencies and institutions.
Investment Transactions that the Investment Support Offices Follow and Coordinate
Investment transactions, which the investment support offices follow and coordinate, are limited to: Taking the permissions on the issues of environment, human health, work safety, and food for non-medical establishments operating in manufacturing, tourism, mining, education, transportation, healthcare, hauling, and energy sectors.
Applying to Investment Support Offices
Applying to investment support offices is entirely optional and depends on the investors. The services that the investment support offices offer are free of charge. However, investors are responsible for paying the cost of fees for administrative transactions. Investors apply to the investment support office with an application letter and the additional supportive documents required by the regulations. When applied to the investment support office, the applicant is given a document that approves the application. The applications to obtain the permissions, certificates, and other administrative transactions that the investment support offices make in the name of the investors are considered as being made by the investors. Investors can apply to the investment support office for all the required transaction as well as for single or a group of transactions. Investors can also apply to the investment office for following and monitoring their unfinished applications made previously to other related agencies.
Preliminary Review
Investment support offices first have preliminary reviews on the applications that they receive. This preliminary review takes three workdays at most. The applicant is informed on the outcome of the preliminary review both written and electronically. For the accepted applications the applicant is given an acceptance document.
Passing the Applications to the Related Agencies
The investment support office passes the accepted applications to the related agencies and institutions within two days at most for the permissions, license, and other administrative transactions. The office then follows and monitors these transactions.
Information Request
Investment development offices have the right to request information for the delays or processing of the transactions that they are following and monitoring on behalf of the investors. Similarly the applicants could request information from investment development agencies.
Documenting the Information
Investment support office files the applications that they receive and gives a file number to each application. All the work and transactions on this application are kept in this file. Investors can follow the work and transactions by using this file number. Only the applicant or its proxy can access these files in investment support offices. Investment support offices are required to keep these files for five years following the end of the investment. After five years these files are either terminated or given to the related parties upon demand.
Investment support offices prepare printed and visual materials such as brochures, presentations, and promotional films in order to advertise the investment opportunities in Sanliurfa. Using these materials they promote the region in national and international expos, meetings, and conferences where they contact with potential investors and discuss potential cooperation opportunities with institutions such as chambers of industry and trade and development agencies.