Özet:

The "Silk Road", which has been used as the main trade route in history, has been an important center between China and the Middle East and Western countries in the Ancient and Middle Ages. These roads got their name from silk, an important and precious commodity traded. The Silk Road, which emerged primarily for economic reasons, later became an important gateway providing interaction between the East and the West and contributed to the development of socio-cultural, economic and political relations. Today, the Historical Silk Road has lost its influence in world trade. However, the revival of the Historical Silk Road in 2013 came to the fore. This project is considered as the most comprehensive transportation project in the world. It continues to be an important trade network as well as being an intercultural communication network as it has been in history. Located in the middle corridor and acting as a bridge, Turkey is among the most important countries of the project. In the study, the importance of this project in terms of Turkey's foreign trade is analyzed and the situation is evaluated. The method of the study is literature review. The study is important in terms of revealing the factors, opportunities and risks that Turkey should consider regarding this project. As a result, this project is seen as an important development in opening new market areas in the Turkish economy, increasing the export potential, ensuring the realization of foreign capital investments by providing capital inflows to Turkey, thus achieving economic targets. At the same time, foreign trade between China, which is one of the largest countries with economic power in the world, and other One elt One Road (OBOR) countries, has been discussed and it has been found that trade should be healthier and more balanced. Within the scope of these findings, it is thought that the “Modern Silk Road” project will play a catalyst role for entrepreneurship activities in Turkey and other countries.

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