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Turkey and Belarus aim to raise trade to $3 billion-$4 billion
Turkey and Belarus are seeking to increase their trade from about $2 billion to $3 billion-$4 billion.
Turkish Airlines has restarted flights between Istanbul and Minsk, which business representatives say will make visits and meetings easier.
The flights also connect passengers from Belarus through Istanbul to Turkey and other countries.
The two sides want to expand trade, including Turkey’s exports to Belarus, and explore joint production and investment.
Possible areas for cooperation include machinery, auto parts, energy equipment and industrial goods.
Representatives are also discussing alternative rail routes and ways to make trade payments easier, while saying transactions must follow international rules.
They are considering production investment in the Mogilev Free Economic Zone, and commercial talks are continuing after visits to Minsk and Mogilev.
Turkey and Belarus aim to increase their bilateral trade from about $2 billion to $3 billion-$4 billion.
The renewed Turkish Airlines flights between Istanbul and Minsk are expected to make business contacts and visits easier.
Fatih Işık, head of the DEİK Turkey-Belarus Business Council, said the countries are seeking more exports, joint production and mutual investment.
Potential cooperation includes machinery, automotive parts, energy equipment and other industrial products.
The sides are also discussing alternative rail routes, payment arrangements and production investment in Belarus’s Mogilev Free Economic Zone.
- Who
- Turkey and Belarus, with Fatih Işık representing the DEİK Turkey-Belarus Business Council.
- What
- The countries aim to raise bilateral trade to $3 billion-$4 billion from about $2 billion.
- When
- The article was published on October 12, 2026. Turkish Airlines flights between Istanbul and Minsk have resumed.
- Where
- Turkey and Belarus, including the Istanbul-Minsk route and the Mogilev Free Economic Zone.
- Why
- To expand trade, business contacts, exports, joint production and investment.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Turkish Airlines restarted its Istanbul-Minsk flights, which Işık said would ease business visits and contacts.
Işık said he traveled to Minsk with a business delegation of about 50 people.
Price offers, purchasing discussions and business contacts continued in several sectors.
- Current bilateral trade
- About $2 billion
- Trade target
- $3 billion-$4 billion
- Business delegation
- About 50 people
- Potential investment location
- Mogilev Free Economic Zone, Belarus
- Special lease terms
- About $1.5 per square metre
What people are saying
Our businesspeople will be able to plan mutual visits more easily, and B2B meetings, factory visits and investment contacts will accelerate.
Our goal is to bring together the production capabilities of the two countries in a complementary way and establish a balanced trade structure.
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