Aside from the recent security challenges, which cancelled a trip to the Grand Bazaar, Ingrid Vanderveldt, an entrepreneur doing business in Istanbul said Turkey has some pronounced challenges for female entrepreneurs. “Probably the biggest difference about doing business here vs. in the U.S.,” she says, “is in the U.S., women doing business is almost this expected thing, and I think in Turkey it’s very much still an emerging thing, so there’s a lot of excitement around it, there’s a lot of encouragement.”  Turkey-A Country for Women Entrepreneurs ?  

An excellent report on the current condition of the country Current Conditions in Turkey