Impacts of financial liberalisation on foreign direct investments in Turkey

ABSTRACTFinancial liberalisation means that the decrease or the raise in price and quantitycontrols which are established in markets. The term includes the process of nationalintegration with international capital flows. Financial liberalisation has improved Turkey?sfinancial system by effecting foreign trade and foreign investments that are observed indeveloping countries as well as in Turkey. Globalisation has necessitated financialliberalisation. Hence, foreign capital has involved in the area of international finance. Foreigncapital accquires its own advantages; it increases production and export, it provides newtechnology and management strategies and it stimulates the competition in nationaleconomics.After 1980s, Turkey has integrated with international economics through?liberalisation in economy? implementing financial liberal policies. In 2000s, these liberalpolicies has gathered momentum, since national economies has integrated much more whencompared with the beginning of globalisation ( in modern economic terms).International investments, therefore, have initiated regulations in Turkey?s economythat are considered to improvise Turkey?s position in both national and internationaleconomics.ANAHTAR SÖZCÜKLER/KEY WORDSLiberalizm : LiberalismFinansal Serbestleşme : Financial LiberalisationDoğrudan Yabancı Yatırımı : Foreign Directly nvestment (FDI)Küreselleşme : GlobalizationÇok-uluslu Şirketler : Multinational Corporations