Abstract:

Economy is as important as politics in the efforts of states to exist in the international public opinion. Thus, the country's domestic and foreign trade network develops, and development moves accelerate in many ways. The Republic of Turkey, which was established after a long-term war of independence, gave importance to the economy as well as politics in foreign policy and was included in the world trade system. Especially with the establishment of the central bank following the 1929 crisis, it established stronger commercial ties with other countries. In order to recover from the devastating effects of the Second World War, Turkey spent more energy to strengthen these ties. There are positive reflections of Truman doctrine and Marshall aids in this. Czechoslovakia is one of the countries with which Turkey developed commercial relations between 1945 and 1950. With the development of good relations from the Ottoman Empire in the republic period, the signing of a friendship agreement and the contribution of cultural interaction, Turkey made mutual trade with Czechoslovakia in this period. Turkey's commercial relations with Czechoslovakia between 1945-1950 constitute the limitation of this study. In this study, in which quantitative and qualitative research methods were applied; Turkish state archives, statistics institution data, press archives and copyrighted works have been the source. While Turkey mostly exports cereals, raw minerals and sea creatures to Czechoslovakia, it imported heavy industry, processed textile products and agricultural machinery from this country.

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