Gully Foyle

[Sorry to repeat myself]
I would advise Bernard Mathews to invest offshore in a broad based equity fund or two.
I have averaged 12% pa for the last 20 years and paid no tax. I am confident that my particular management group is 100% safe, unlike most Turkish banks. Again I say- betcha Bill Gates doesn't have a penny invested in Turkey.

Glen

How much does a government bond cost, please? Or alternatively what is the minimum investment?

Darren

Gully you/ve lost your bet on Bill Gates investment; probably your management group also has investments in Turkey particulalry if their funds are 2broad based"; very few international investment fund managers are not invested in Turkey; probably none.

You can buy the bonds through a stock broker; or your bank; be careful to check the trerms of buying through your bank. But you can obtain similiar returns buying a bond fund- a "B" type bond fund also has better liquidity to sell more easily. Using the bonds is better if you have want to say put Eu 50,000 - 100,000+ to work- and then buy a series of bonds with stagerede maturity dates and continually roll them with timing due to market pricing considerations.

If yoiu want to buy through your bank ask them for Hazine Bonosu ....