Overview of Afghanistan economy and economic relations of Afghanistan-Turkey

For Afghanistan, the 21st century is a period in which conflicts are over and peace and stability are tried to be restored. In the last 20 years, Afghanistan has entered into a detailed development and has been involved in a political, military, economic and social structuring process for this purpose. Afghanistan, which carries out development practices especially in the field of economy, has recently taken steps to create a detailed economic development. However, the Afghan economy is still dependent on foreign aid. For this purpose, Afghanistan implements a policy focused on foreign aid and foreign investment until national development takes place. Undoubtedly, one of the countries in financial aid and investment to Afghanistan is Turkey. Afghanistan-Turkey relations have a long tradition and history of these relationships dates back to the 18th century. Turkey has also endeavoured to keep alive its relations with Afghanistan in Republican era and offered its' support within the possibilities in the fields of politics, military, education, health and the economy. To this end, Turkey did not spare its' support in many areas for the prosperity, peace and stability of the Afghan people and the development of Afghanistan. This support has continued to increase in the restructuring process of Afghanistan in the 21st century. The purpose of this research is to reveal the overall appearance of the Afghan economy, examining the development of economic relations with Turkey, and to find answers to the questions of how and in which areas Afghanistan can develop economic relations with Turkey and to present contribution to the development of this relationship.