Özet:

In the study, in addition to BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries, which have an effective influence in terms of regional relations, the Turkish economy has been analysed. CO2 emissions per capita, GDP per capita and total urbanisation data for the period 1988-2018 are used as variable: As a method in the study, after conducting cross-sectional dependence and heterogeneity research, CADF (Cross-Sectionally Augmented Dickey-Fuller) Panel Unit Root Test and SURADF (Seemingly Unrelated Regression Augmented Dickey Fuller) Panel Unit Root tests were applied for stationarity testing. Then, the long-run relationship is investigated with the Westerlund Panel Cointegration Test with Multiple Structural Breaks and then this relationship is interpreted using the Common Correlated Effects Model (CCE) and the Extended Mean Group (AMG) estimator. Finally, Emirmahmutoğlu and Köse (2011) Panel Causality test is used to analyse the direction and degree of this relationship. As a result of the empirical analysis, it is concluded that the effect of urbanisation on CO2 emissions is more dominant than economic growth for the relevant countries and period. Although mixed results were obtained in the country-based analysis, the bidirectional causality relationship between urbanisation and economic growth and CO2 emission was determined with a significance level of 1%.

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