An integrated advisory & capital firm.
Aktay International is a premier advisory, trade, and investment firm headquartered in Istanbul, Türkiye. Since 1998, we have combined deep regional expertise with a disciplined global perspective to deliver integrated solutions for corporations, sovereign entities, and family offices operating across emerging and developed markets.
Faruk Aktay
Faruk Aktay leads a collaborative, globally connected platform operating across law, finance and technology. Drawing on experience spanning Istanbul, New York and England & Wales, he works with a trusted network of business partners, specialists and investors across markets to originate global opportunities. Through Aktay International, this team develops consulting, trade and investment initiatives with disciplined local execution and international perspective.
Professional profileInsight, execution, and patient capital.
Our mission is to serve as a trusted long-term partner to our clients by providing integrated advisory services that bridge strategy, commerce, and capital. We believe that lasting value is created through disciplined execution, not short-term opportunism. Every mandate we undertake is approached with the same rigour we would apply to our own investments.
We operate across three core practice areas — Consulting, Domestic & Foreign Trade, and Investment — ensuring that clients benefit from a fully coordinated, multi-disciplinary perspective at every stage of a transaction or strategic initiative. Our professionals bring experience across finance, law, logistics, and public policy, enabling Aktay International to navigate complex cross-border environments with confidence and precision.
Headquartered in Beşiktaş, Istanbul, Aktay International maintains active relationships with partners across Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia, and North America. Our geographic positioning at the intersection of East and West gives us a structural advantage in transactions that require cultural intelligence and local market knowledge alongside global capital markets expertise.
We are committed to discretion, transparency with our clients, and the highest standards of professional integrity. Whether advising on a corporate restructuring, sourcing a trade counterparty, or structuring a cross-border investment, Aktay International brings the full weight of its institutional knowledge and global network to every engagement.