Abstract:

The Covid-19 virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China in December 2019, has turned into a global epidemic in 2020. The economies of many countries have been adversely affected by the global epidemic. In addition, the epidemic had a negative impact on foreign trade. The aim of this study is to contribute to the literature by analyzing how foreign trade, which is the major driving force in Turkey's economic growth, was affected by the epidemic. In the study, Turkey's export and import data for the period 2013:01 and 2020:11 were used. The analysis of the study consists of two parts. First, the breaking dates of the variables were determined by the Bai and Perron structural break test. Secondly, considering these breakout dates, for two variables; Structural changes in the trend analysis was performed. In conclusion; It was determined that there was a break in 2020:2 for exports and imports. In structural change analysis; It was seen that the epidemic changed the slope of Turkey's export and import curves, but exports and imports recovered in a short time.

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