Following Turkey’s application for EU membership in 1987, a Customs Union (CU) between Turkey and the EU, mainly … agricultural sector, Turkey also specializes in the production and exportation of relatively low-price, low-quality varieties of … asymmetric changes in the trade volumes of the incumbent countries of the EU as a result of the EU-Turkey CU. By examining …

In the context of Turkey's accession to the EU, the issue of potential migration from Turkey and its impact upon … European labor markets became one of the concerns of the EU, considering Turkey's growing population and young labor force. In … 2011, half a century after the bi-lateral agreement between Turkey and Germany on labor recruitment in 1961, migration …

This paper analyzes the changes in the structure of trade as well as the developments in the capital account of Turkey … since mid-1990s and discusses the possible composition of trade flows and Turkey's attractiveness for international capital … playing field for all companies, domestic and foreign, alike. The EU accession process enabled Turkey to attract record levels …

There is a fear that if Turkey were given admission to the EU massive migration to the other member countries of the EU … variable in making migration decisions. It suggests that the more prosperous and stable Turkey is expected to be in the future … the less likely a person will now want to migrate. Hence, the greater certainty now that Turkey will gain admission in to …

This paper analyzes possible incidences of Turkish EU accession on the emigration from Turkey to the European Union … scenarios of Turkish migration to the EU. Eventual migration flows from Turkey into the EU are forecasted based on the estimated … results. We find that seemingly unrelated regressor is the most efficient estimator that can be applied in Turkey-EU migration …

This paper aims to determine the role of EU in Turkey's trade flows by using the gravity model. It also aims to test … whether the Customs Union (of EU) that Turkey entered in 1996 made a deviation in Turkey's trade flows. Regional trade … lead to diversion from free trade (trade diversion effect). Turkey's Customs Union agreement without becoming a member of …