Abstract:

Turkey adopted the export-oriented industrialization strategy with the decisions of January 24, 1980 and aimed to integrate with the world economy, After this date Turkey adopted the growth model that gives especially priority to international competition. Turkey also aims to diversify foreign trade markets in this period as well. In this context, it has been expressed that Turkey has moved to the Middle East and Asian markets since the year 2000 and these regions have important potential for foreign trade in Turkey. This study includes a cointegration analysis of export demand made using quarterly data covering the years from 2001 to 2013 of Turkey. In this study, the export potential of Turkey is analyzed for different regions. As a result of the analysis, it is seen that the most important market of Turkey as export market is developed countries.

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