Medikal Teknik Ocak 2018

AKTÜEL
100 mio financing support from “Kuveyt Türk” to
Medical Research Center
Breaking grounds in the participation banking market, Kuveyt Türk
provided financing of 100 million euros to the Medical Research Center
of Ministry of Health, the first and the only institution given its properties.
Kuveyt Türk has made the biggest support in this respect by participating
in the financing of the center with 100 million euros against the financing
support of 494.5 million euros provided by 12 other lenders.
Ufuk Uyan / CEO of Kuveyt Türk
Providing financing support
to the institutions and
entities contributing to
today and future, Kuveyt
Türk has now provided financing
support for the first medical research
center that will support
the healthcare research activities
and provide access to hi-tech laboratories
in Turkey. The medical
research center to house the administrative
buildings and biosecurity-assigned
research centers
of the Ministry of Health will satisfy
the needs of the patients and
healthcare professionals with its
advanced technologic infrastructure.
Kuveyt Türk has participated in
the syndicate of 12 funding partners
including the international
financing institutions such as European
Bank for Reconstruction
and Development (EBRD), Black
Sea Trade and Development Bank
(BSTDB), Islamic Development
Bank (ISDB) for the financing of
the medical research center with
a total investment cost of 711 million
Euros. Kuveyt Türk has made
the largest support in this project
by funding it with 100 million
euros to the overall financing of
494.5 million euros provided by 12
other funding partners with a tenure
of 15 years.
Mr. Ufuk Uyan, the CEO of Kuveyt
Türk, was quoted as saying in a
statement made on this matter,
“We are pleased to provide financing
for such a strategically important
for the public healthcare
in Turkey. The medical research
center will invest in high-tech biological
laboratories and make
remarkable contributions to the
research activities in our country
and neighboring countries. In
addition, this project will provide
a modern working environment
for the healthcare institutions of
Turkey and their employees and
efficiently respond to the need for
ever developing medical technologies.
We are also pleased that 40%
of the financing of such a project
has been funded together with Islamic
Development Bank and its
subsidiaries through interest-free
banking principles”.
The medical research center the
project of which has been prepared
by Turkish Public Health Institution
and Turkish Pharmaceuticals
and Medical Device Authority
will be built in Bilkent, Ankara as a
campus to shelter all the research
and development activities to be
carried out in an effort to be prepared
against the incidents that
may pose risks in terms of national
bio-security. The project whereby
the first medical research center
of Turkey will be built shall be implemented
through Public-Private
Sector Participation (PPP) model
by the contractor CCN Yatırım
Holding A.Ş.
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Ocak 2018