The effect of crude oil prices on the foreign trade deficit - case of Turkey (2000-2015)

In this study, the relationship between Turkey's foreign trade deficit and oil prices, was analyzed with non-linear cointegration analysis for the period 2010-2015. The variables were analyzed using the Johansen Cointegration analysis after first differences were taken and stabilized. The results of the analysis revealed, a long-term positive relationship between foreign trade deficit and oil prices. The fact that the change in oil prices affected the foreign trade deficit with a delay of three periods is also among the findings of the study. It has been found with the Error Correction Model that the relationship is positive and the long-run correlations between oil prices and foreign trade deficit have stabilized by 38% compared to the previous turn. The findings of the econometric analysis, showed that the long-term relationship between oil prices and foreign trade deficits is positive consistent with the previous studies.