Turkish Deputy Prime Minister in charge of economy, Mehmet Şimşek, invited Tuesday technology giant Apple to move to Turkey after the company was ordered to pay a record 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) back in taxes in Ireland.

"Apple should move to Turkey. Happy to provide more generous tax incentives. Won't have to deal with EU bureaucracy" Şimşek wrote in a tweet.

Brussels said Apple, the worldtarget="_blank"'>The announcement comes amid growing tensions between Washington and Brussels over a series of EU anti-trust investigations targeting other giant US companies such as Google, Amazon, McDonald's, Starbucks and Fiat Chrysler.