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Häagen-Dazs has always been allowed to operate in Turkey as well as Quiznos Sub and others.

If you wanted a local company, yes, you were only allowed to use Turkish letters in the official name. They didn't actually care what you actually wrote on your signs though.

Official names being Turkish is important because otherwise officials would have needed to be capable of working with all characters in the universe.

There is even a W Hotel at the hearth of Istanbul: http://www.wistanbul.com.tr/en/gallery/exterior

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