TBB chairman and Is Bankasi DG Ersin Ozince made public the report at a press conference held in Istanbul.

Ozince said investors who eyed Turkey for their real estate investments would also prefer the country for its stock market --if Istanbul become a financial center. He also said Turkey had a financial potential and a serious capital accumulation.

"We need an engine that can drive the Turkish economy and a financial sector that will carry out the wealth transfer," Ozince said.

He said there was no bigger economic capital than Istanbul in the region and Istanbul would find its deserved position, one way or another.

"The government should be the promoter of such a process and it should be committed to this issue," Ozince said.

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