Özet:

There are many benefits that foreign direct investments contribute to host countries. In particular, foreign direct investments provide developing countries with the necessary capital accumulation, knowledge and management skills, technological infrastructure and use skills for production. In addition to these benefits of foreign direct investments, it is expected that host countries will also make a positive contribution to the export product seat. However, the literary review found that there was not enough study to study the effects of foreign direct investments on the diversity of export products by host countries. Therefore, the impact of direct foreign investments on the diversification of export products in Turkey has been studied by the Vector Otoregressive (VAR) Analysis Method. The results of empirical analysis have shown that foreign direct investments do not affect the diversity of export products. According to the results of the variance division analysis, the external transparency has been found to make a significant contribution to the diversification of export products.