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Turkish contractor Kuzu Grup has signed a 149.6 million Kuwaiti dinar ($488.9 million) deal with Kuwait’s Public Works Ministry to build, operate, and maintain a wastewater treatment plant in the Al-Mutlaa city development during President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the country on Tuesday.
The project will use a hybrid system combining conventional and renewable energy sources to process wastewater more efficiently. Once operational, the facility will produce around 400,000 cubic meters of tertiary-treated water per day, suitable for agricultural and other uses, ministry spokesperson Ahmed Alsaleh told Reuters.
The signing took place as President Erdogan arrived in Kuwait for official talks with Emir Meshal Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah. During the visit, the two countries signed four agreements covering defense industries, energy, investment, and trade.
The Al-Mutlaa city development is a large-scale urban expansion in northern Kuwait, located about 40 kilometers from Kuwait City. Planned to accommodate more than 28,000 housing units alongside essential infrastructure, it stands among the country’s largest and most ambitious urban projects.
Founded in 1943, Kuzu Grup is a publicly traded Turkish construction company listed among the world’s top 250 international contractors by Engineering News Record (ENR). The firm operates across Türkiye, Europe, Asia, and Africa, managing more than 5 million square meters of active construction projects worldwide, with a focus on sustainability, technological innovation, and renewable-energy integration, according to its website.
The company has total assets of ₺15.4 billion ($367.43 million) as of the second quarter of 2025, according to its latest financial report.
Turkish Trade Minister Omer Bolat, who accompanied Erdogan during the visit, said that the intergovernmental meetings focused on broadening bilateral trade and encouraging Turkish contractors’ participation in Kuwait’s major infrastructure projects.
Bolat said the discussions aimed at deepening commercial relations between Türkiye and Kuwait, emphasizing that both sides share the goal of achieving a $5 billion trade volume in the medium term.
He noted that the talks also covered cooperation under Kuwait’s "Vision 2035" framework and ongoing negotiations for a free trade agreement between Türkiye and the Gulf Cooperation Council.
"We believe that our constructive engagement with Kuwait will contribute to greater prosperity and economic integration across the Gulf region," Bolat said.
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