Turkey's foreign trade with its neighbouring countries and the role of education in its improvement

This research aims to highlight that the share of Turkey?s trade with its neighbouring countries in the total trade of the country is at lower level in comparison with the share of the developed countries? trade with their neighbouring countries in the their total trade, to offer solutions and to try to examine the role of education in this context.In this research, the concept of the neighbouring countries means the countries that have common borders with Turkey through land or close sea connection and these countries are Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iraq, Iran, Romania, the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Syria and Greece. Armenia and Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus are exempted due to scarcity trade relationship and lack of access to the data.In this research, the situation of Turkey?s trade with its neighbouring countries in 2007 and 2008, and the practices of foreign trade education have been evaluated. In this aspect, the research is theoretical study, and the findings and commentaries are limited with literature study and reliability of numeric data.The findings indicate that Turkey?s trade with its neighbouring countries has been improved as compared to previous years but it is inadequate in comparison with its trade with EU States and sufficient education activities intended for improving the trade with the neighbouring countries are lacking.Keywords: Export to Neighbouring Countries, Import from Neighbouring Countries, Foreign Trade Education