DUSHANBE, March 20, Asia-Plus - Turkey’s business center Vefa, which is located on the Bokhtar Street in the center of Dushanbe, has been officially opened today.

Tajik Prime Minister Oqil Oqilov, Turkish Ambassador to Tajikistan Akif Aykhan, Turkey’s Ozgun Insaat (Ozgun Construction and Trading) President Mustafa Oszhan (phonetically spelled) and representatives from the Tajik government and Turkish business circles attended the center-opening ceremony. 

Mustafa Oszhan telling the inaugurating ceremony noted that Tajik-Turkish relations have developed year to year due to an active trade and economic cooperation between the two countries and the construction of Vefa Center is evidence of that.   

The center’s 12-story building will house mainly offices of foreign companies and international organizations active in Tajikistan.  

Representative office of the UNDP CO in Tajikistan and head office the cellular operator Indigo-Tajikistan as well as representative office of Turkish Airlines have already been placed in the center, according to the Dushanbe representative office of Ozgun Insaat.  

The rent for one square meter of space for shops is US$25.00 and for offices, US$15.00. 

We will recall that administration of Turkey’s holding Kaynak, which owns this complex, has made a decision that the center will not house private apartments as it had been supposed before.  All floors of the complex, except three upper floors, will be rented for offices and shopping centers; three upper floors are intended for VIP-apartments. 

 The construction of the center that started in January 2005 has come to more than US$20 million.