Turkish Foreign Trade

toward assessing the significance of exports and imports to the ì

Turkish economy, and in order to assess the foreign trading ì

position of the United States with respect to Turkey. The ì

following section of this research analyzes the economic and ì

political environments in Turkey. This analysis is followed by ì

an evaluation of Turkey's foreign trade.ì

Political and Economic Analysisì

Political stability in modern Turkey began to crumble in ì

1970 (Rinehart, 1989, pp. 64-65). As the political party ì

structure began to fracture, it became increasingly difficult to ì

form a stable government. As a consequence, government turnover ì

in Turkey rose to a high rate and political terrorism became ì

increasingly violent and intensive. In 1980, control of the ì

country passed to the military in a coup de 'etat (Seeley, 1989, ì

260-261). A new constitution was implemented in 1982.ì

The junta eventually outlawed all existing political ì

parties and banned all former politicians from future ì

participation in the Turkish government (Seeley, 1989, pp. 260-ì

261). The ban on all political activity was lifted in 1983, and ì

new political parties began forming, although many of the new ì

parties were vetoed by the ruling military junta. It was not ì

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ns of dealing with the Turkish ì ì unemployment problem (Balassa, 1989, p. 43). Between 1969 and ì ì 1973, more than 100 thousand Turks emigrated each year for ì ì foreign employment. The OPEC oil embargo against western ì ì countries in 1973 led to a recession within the European ì ì Community, and the immigration of foreign workers was curtailed ì ì by European Community member countries--a complete ban on such ì ì immigration was imposed by Germany. As a consequence, the ì ì emigration of Turkish workers averaged only 18 thousand per year ì ì from 1974 through 1980. By 1981, however, over one-million ì ì Turkish workers were residing in European Community countries, of ì  P
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ìèwhich approximately one-half were in Germany. While major ì ì segments of the German population would like to see the Turkish ì ì workers residing in Germany returned to Turkey, the last thing ì ì that the Turkish government wants is an additional one million ì ì unemployed Turks at home.ì  ääá Successive Turkish governments have also attempted to ì ì stimulate the Turkish economy through increased exports (Dicle ì ì and Dicle, 1992, pp. 62-76). The major target of the pol
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