Özet:

In this study, the relationship between military spending, economic growth and environmental pollution was studied using data for the 1961-2016 period for Turkey. The study was studied using the Fourier Augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test, which allowed the stagnation degrees of the variables to soft structural breakdowns. The unit root results indicate that the unit is rooted in the levels of the variables while the first differences are stable in the different levels of significance. In the study, the causality between the variables was studied by the use of the causality test of Toda-Yamamoto, which allowed newly acquired structural breakdowns to the literature. According to the causality test results, only a cause has been identified between economic growth and military spending. The direction of the detected causality is true from economic growth to military spending. Among the other variables, no cause has been identified. The fact that the detected causal relationship was detected using the Fourier Toda-Yamamoto causal test that allowed structural breakdowns demonstrates the importance of structural breakdowns in causal relationships. According to the general results of the study, sustainable economic growth is important as a source of military spending. These results are expected to be a guide for policy makers.

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