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Businessman Telman Ismayilov takes interest in project on establishing winter tourism center in Erciyes Mountain

03 June 2009 09:16 (UTC +04:00)

Kayseri. Mayis Alizadeh â€“ APA. Telman Ismayilov, Russian businessman, who was born in Azerbaijan, has been invited to the city of Kayseri, Turkey, chief of architectural department of Kayseri municipality Kemalettin Tekinsoy told APAâ€™s Turkey bureau. He said head of Kayseri municipality Mehmet Ozhaseki had met with former head of Antalya municipality Menderes Turel and owner of newly-opened Mardan Palace in Antalya Telman Ismayilov.
â€œMehmet Ozhaseki said they had prepared a project to make winter tourism in Erciyes Mountain in line with the European standards and wished foreign investors to participate in the project. Telman Ismayilov took interest in the project and said he would come to Kayseri to acquaint himself with everything, he wanted to participate in the implementation of the project. We are waiting for him in Kayseri,â€ he said.

Tekinsoy said the project cost â‚¬250-300 million. If the project is implemented, Erciyes Mountain will be the biggest winter tourism center of Turkey and may even compete with Europe.

Telman Ismayilov has officially applied for Turkish citizenship.