Turkey's Ministry of Economy issued the "Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Data Bulletin" regarding July 2014 in which net FDI was announced as 1,030 billion USD, while total FDI was announced for the January-July period as 7,917 billion USD.Net FDI for the seven month period increased by 9.4 percent against the same period in 2013. 2,467 foreign capital firms were founded in January-July period and total foreign capitals firms in Turkey reached 40,021. 23,790 of these firms are located in Istanbul, followed by Antalya, Ankara and İzmir accordingly.