Turkey is one of the UK's ten priority emerging export markets.
The UK is Turkey's 3rd largest export destination and 5th largest import source as of January - December 1999. Turkey offers an increasingly important gateway to trade not only in the Middle East but also in neighbouring Commonwealth of Independent State countries such as Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan and further afield Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhtstan and Kyrgystan. The British Council is the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational and cultural relations. Registered in England as a Charity.