foreign agricultural service gain report global agriculture information network required public distribution date 11 27 2001 tu1050 turkey retail food sector approved by robert hanson acting counselor us embassy ankara prepared ibrahim sirtioglu marketing specialist highlights the size of turkish is estimated to shrink 21 billion in from 23 2000 because recent economic down turn however continuing modernize rapidly while hypermarkets are arriving larger cities neighborhood grocer and weekly open markets throughout country remain centered on daily shopping modern retailing via supermarkets sized stores hard discount now targeted for medium includes psd changes no trade matrix annual tu1 tu i executive summary page 1 ii market structure subsector profiles 4 a hyper club warehouse outlets b convenience gas marts kiosks etc 7 c traditional 8 iii competition 9 iv best product prospects 10 v
