Abstract:

The economic performances of the countries have a decisive importance in the economic policies to be implemented. In order to determine the economic policies correctly, it is important to choose the macroeconomic indicators to be used in economic performance measurements in a way that reflects the real situation of the country. In addition, the process of the COVID epidemic has had an impact on the economic indicators of the countries. Within the scope of the study, the performance of the Turkish economy was measured using quarterly data on the ratios of GDP growth rate, inflation rate, unemployment rate, current account balance and budget balance to GDP in the period covering the years 2020-2022. In the study, the weights of macroeconomic indicators were determined by the CRITIC method, and performance measurement was carried out with TOPSIS and MABAC methods, which are MCDM techniques. As a result of the performance measurement made with the TOPSIS method, it was determined that the period with the best performance of the Turkish economy was 2021: Q1 and the period with the worst performance was 2020: Q2. As a result of the performance measurement made with the MABAC method, it was concluded that the best performance was in the period of 2022: Q2, and the worst performance was in the period of 2020: Q2. In addition, it can be said that although the performance ranking results of TOPSIS and MABAC methods are similar in periods of bad economic performance, they generally diverge.

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