Abstract:

The World Economic Storm, which showed its influence in the late 1929 and felt throughout the world, also affected Turkey. Turkey has produced new economic policies to clearly get out of the economic breakdown. With the conditions within the country and the influence of the flooding in Turkey the economic statehood period has begun. In this context, the customs tariff system has been reorganized to improve foreign trade, included in the clearing (exchange) system to increase exports, the organization structure of the Economic Council has been changed to a new organization that shapes foreign trade. After the 1929 World Economic Storm, the price of food has fallen significantly. A large part of the exports of food are made up of food. Therefore, Turkey has to sell more food to ensure export and import balance. Turkey has engaged in economic propaganda activities to increase its version in foreign markets, to find markets, to improve exports, and has planned to open it to both European and Middle East markets. Turkey, which has participated in world exhibitions to promote its export goods to the world markets, has found the possibility to present advanced ziraat and industrial products to all countries of the world with its Turkish pavion in the exhibition areas. Turkey’s participation in the exhibitions in the Middle East has created a new dimension of economic relations between Turkey and the Middle East countries. The aim of this study is to evaluate the participation and activities of organizations such as exhibitions and panjers held in the Middle East on the international scale in order to revive the foreign trade of Turkey stopping as a result of the 1929 World Economic Burning. The main resources of the study were the Presidential State Archives of the Republic Archive documents and periodic publications of the period.

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