{"id":1436,"date":"2015-11-27T07:13:25","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T07:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2016-02-04T14:35:07","modified_gmt":"2016-02-04T14:35:07","slug":"set-conference-call-turkey-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/set-conference-call-turkey-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set up a conference call between Turkey and UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Updated Friday, November 27, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is a lot of uncertainty regarding travelling to Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border earlier this week &#8211; here is\u00a0Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice on travelling to Turkey.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Turkey is a big trading partner with the UK &#8211; bilateral trade between the two countries reached \u00a39.1 billion in 2011 when UK goods exports amassed \u00a33.7 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The UK is also Turkey&#8217;s fifth largest source of imports from the EU, with a value of over \u00a33 billion and both countries look like\u00a0reaching their\u00a0target set in 2010 of doubling bilateral trade\u00a0by next year.<\/p>\n<p>And the ongoing talk of EU accession are driving the modernisation of Turkey&#8217;s economy and business practices, while maintaining a gateway to the markets of Central Asia and the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>Over 2,500 UK companies currently do business in Turkey, so if you&#8217;re one of them, or you want to join them, you&#8217;ll need a good conference call provider to help you keep in touch with your international clients and colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, you&#8217;ve just found the best &#8211; so here is how to set up\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/international-dial-in-numbers\" target=\"_blank\">international conference call<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>The pros and cons of exporting to Turkey<\/h2>\n<p>The Turkish market is large and rapidly developing &#8211; it&#8217;s\u00a0becoming the world\u2019s 16th largest economy and Europe\u2019s sixth \u00a0and is\u00a0forecast to be in the world\u2019s top 10 economies by 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The strengths of the Turkish market include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>strong Gross Domestic Product (<abbr title=\"Gross Domestic Product\">GDP<\/abbr>) growth with an average of 5% between 2002 and 2012<\/li>\n<li>having the youngest and fastest growing population in Europe (700,000 graduates per year)<\/li>\n<li>Istanbul and Ankara being among the biggest cities in the world in terms of <abbr title=\"Gross Domestic Product\">GDP<\/abbr><\/li>\n<li>a forecast to be the second fastest growing country in the world by 2018 according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (<abbr title=\"Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development\">OECD<\/abbr>)<\/li>\n<li>investments of more than TL 112 billion (USD 60 billion) in the transport, maritime and communications sectors in the last 9 years<\/li>\n<li>access to markets valued at USD 25 trillion <abbr title=\"Gross Domestic Product\">GDP<\/abbr> and 1.5 billion customers in Europe, Eurasia, the Middle East and North Africa within 4 hours flight<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the benefits for UK businesses exporting to Turkey include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>gateway to the markets of Central Asia, south Caucasus and the Middle East<\/li>\n<li>European business ethics and modern management practices<\/li>\n<li>increasing use of English for business<\/li>\n<li>a 6 day average to start a business<\/li>\n<li>low social security contribution rate with an offer of a 5% rebate<\/li>\n<li>new initiatives to meet <abbr title=\"European Union\">EU<\/abbr> standards making it a more familiar business environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The current unrest in the area will obviously be problematic to business, but aside from the tensions, the following challenges are present:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>regulatory issues<\/li>\n<li>bureaucracy<\/li>\n<li>sudden changes to legislation and regulations without warning and consultation<\/li>\n<li>a need to demonstrate a commitment to the market, either by having a visible presence in the country or building and maintaining strong relationships<\/li>\n<li>necessity of regular market visits to fulfil Turkish requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking at doing business there, here&#8217;s how to set up that conference call&#8230;<\/p>\n<h3>Setting up the call<\/h3>\n<p>Visit\u00a0ConferenceCall.co.uk\u00a0to get your free PIN before clicking on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/invite-your-international-participants\">Invite Participants<\/a>\u2019 to generate an email template into which you enter the time, date and subject of the proposed conference call.<\/p>\n<p>Choose\u00a0UK and Turkey\u00a0dial-in codes, click \u2018Copy this invitation\u2019 and paste it into an email before sending it to up to 100 participants.<\/p>\n<h3>Dial-in numbers to call<\/h3>\n<p>At the allotted time colleagues should dial\u00a0the following numbers and enter your PIN:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0<b>UK participants<\/b>\u00a0dial\u00a0<b>0843 0 250 250<\/b><br \/>\n&#8211;\u00a0<strong>Turkey\u00a0<\/strong><b>participants<\/b>\u00a0dial\u00a0<strong>0212-9881451<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your conference call is ready to\u00a0begin!<\/p>\n<h3>Time to call<\/h3>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/clock.jpg\" alt=\"clock\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" \/>Ankara\u00a0is a over 2,000 miles from London and although there are frequent flights out to Turkey, flight times clock in at about five-and-a-half hours &#8211; so not convenient for quick business trips.<\/p>\n<p>However, a time difference that is\u00a0just two hours ahead of the UK means it&#8217;s perfect for doing business via conference call.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.co.uk\/conference-call\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1371 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Confcallbutton.png\" alt=\"Confcallbutton\" width=\"600\" height=\"127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated Friday, November 27, 2015 There is a lot of uncertainty regarding travelling to Turkey following the shooting down of a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border earlier this<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/set-conference-call-turkey-uk\/\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to set up a conference call between Turkey and UK<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[23,3,24,9,8],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2831,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions\/2831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conferencecall.nl\/blog-uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}