After the 2001 Turkish foreign trade investigation of economic crisis

After The 2001 Turkish Foreign Trade Investigation Of Economic CrisisGökhan KURTThe science of economics which began in the 16th century divided into a lot of sub-divisions in the following centuries. As of 18th century witht he start of increase in relations and integrations between countries theories related to foreign trade emerged. International foreign trade theories, starting with Smith and Ricardo, improved by economics thinkers such as Mill, Stolper-Samuelson, Heckscher-Ohlin, Leontief, continued to exist as classical foreign trade theories until 1965. After 1965, New Foreign Trade Theories were needed and even though classical foreign trade theories which formed the foundations of international trade have existed until today, New Foreign Trade Theories have expanded in field of application.There are international and national institutions which make rules and try to increase the limits of foreign trade in Foreign Trade. GATT and UFT as international institutions make rules in limitations, quotas and tariffs. National institutions consist of institutions such as Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Under secretariat of Foreign Trade, IGEME etc. and private sector institutions.Turkish foreign trade entered a phase of great progress in the second of 1980s and after 2000 November liquidity crisis and 2001 February crisis made a great leap of progress. Until 2001, foreign Dynamics affected Turkish foreign trade more than the internal dynamics. Events such as political instability, political crisis and of course natural disasters (earthquakes etc.) affected more and prevented long-term policies and progress to be achieved in our foreign trade. After 2001 a wider phase of progress was entered and this leap forward continued upwards until 2009. By the effect of 2008 global economic crisis, the foreign trade of 2009 declined as in the whole world. After the first quarter of 2010 this decline has been overcome and a phase of recovery entered, in order to realize long-term foreign trade policies essential steps have been started to be taken.Key Words: Foreign Trade, The Structure of Turkish Foreign Trade, Regulations, Institutions, Export, Import.