Turkey received $8.1 billion in net international direct investment in the past 9 months.
The sum of net foreign direct investment (FDI) was $7.76 billion in the same period of 2017, the Industry and Technology Ministry announced.
According to the official data, the amount of net FDI the country received was $1.06 billion in September, while the highest amount of FDI was seen in August with $1.3 billion during 2018.
Regarding equity investment, which is the leading item on the overseas direct investment account, direct inflow to Turkey was some $4.26 billion, with 64.8 percent of this amount coming from the European Union.
During the period, Italy ($478 million), Austria ($418 million) and the Netherlands ($338 million) were the top three European sources of direct capital inflow.
Meanwhile, $997 million FDI came from Asian countries and $249 million from the US in the same period.
Last year, Turkey attracted $10.94 billion in net international direct investment, $7.45 billion of which was equity investment inflow.
