Özet:

Increased commercial interactions have occurred these days as a result of the increase in communications between people and countries around the world, and as such, the logistics sector has come to the fore and gained importance. With the removal of borders between countries with regard to trade, the efficient use of time and keeping item costs at a minimum have also gained importance. The parameters to which businesses should pay attention in order to increase costs, follow technological developments closely, and find new ways and solutions for meeting customer demands are important in order to be able to compete in an economic system dominated by free market conditions. Logistics villages have emerged by being able to meet these needs in a single area, and their usage areas have become widespread all over the world. In addition to its unique position connecting the East and the West, the fact that Turkey also possesses all means of transportation supports its position as the center of Eurasian trade. The first logistics village in Turkey was established in the Gelemen District of Samsun Province in 2006. In 2021, Turkey had 27 logistics villages, of which 16 were in the planning and project stages and 11 were open for operation. The aim of this study is to determine their rankings according to the most suitable alternative by comparing the Çandarlı, Filyos, and Iyidere logistics villages, which are in the respective provinces of İzmir, Zonguldak, and Rize and are in the planning stage, using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and technique for order preference by similarity to the ideal situation (TOPSIS) methods. The original worth of the study stems from it being a case study where the AHP and TOPSIS methods have been applied to logistics villages in the project stage for the first time in the literature.

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