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Abstract enAs for all economies in the World, there are so many researchs which are executed for different periods, through various methods, data sets, by different aspects and invastigates the causality relations between export, import and economic growth related with the Turkish economy. In this study the same topic is examined. However, the research has been done by the usage of different data set and period that are in the other studies. In order to expose the causal relations between economic variables, the Granger (1969) causality test, which eases the application was used in the study. The data set which is required for the test and related with the Export, Import, and real GDP growth rates was obtained from the website www.oecd.stat and quarterly data for the period of 1999:2-2013:1 (56 observation) was assessed. In the study, for the said period, the empirical findings indicate that exports were based upon imports and the growth was based upon the exports in Turkey. Thereby, it is exposed that economic growth requires export, export requires import and thus economic growth also appears to be an import function. Finally, through this finding, it is concluded that a causality loop occurred.

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