An Evalation With Regarding to Turkish Wealth Fund: Aims Activities and Legal Status

Year 2018, Volume: 3 Issue: 4, 58 - 77, 30.12.2018

Gökhan Dönmez Mustafa Salim Erek

Abstract

For supporting major projects and to prevent short term economic
shocks&volatility, seventy-seven national wealth funds to be functioning at
international level financial markets. Upon legalization of National Assembly
of Turkey during August 2016, Turkish Sovereign Wealth Fund was established. In
the first section of the study, we will evaluate juridical personality of this
institution, its aims, its functions and at the final part, we will discover historical
development and progress of the Wealth Fund, also scrutinize four sovereign
wealth funds. Another topics to be presented is its resources and expectations
with regarding to Wealth Fund. Finally, we will discuss the impact of regional
and international welfare funds on possible problems and possible solutions.

Keywords

Wealth Fund, Turkish Wealth Fund Public Limited Company

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