Abstract:

The social events which started in Tunisia in late 2010 and have continued to spread to countries such as Libya, Egypt and Syria are called as the Arab Spring. The social developments in these countries affect Turkey multi-dimensionally which is located in nearby geography and has both common history and also economic and political relations with them. These effects have social, political, military and economic aspects and the economic ones may be the main determinant in that Turkey are affected positively or negatively from this process. In this regard, beyond the humanistic and political viewpoint, handling the Arab Spring only with economic aspect is the main topic of this paper. In this paper, the existing and potential macroeconomic effects of the Arab Spring to Turkish economy are analyzed.

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