Effects of regional trade agreements of Turkey's external trade deficit after the global economic crisis in 2008 and Customs Union Agreements sample

Regional Trade Agreements (RTA) are being quite effective in development of the trade on earth and reshaping of the trades between the countries in the direction of the agreements which were done. RTA's, numbers of which are increasing day by day especially after the 1950's are being used as a tool to organize the goods and service trade on earth in the advantage of the countries.In our study, Effects of Regional Trade Agreements of Turkey's External Trade Deficit After the Global Economic Crisis in 2008 and Customs Union Agreements Sample were examined. Foreign trade deficit faced as the biggest problem in Turkey's external trade, how it was affected by RTA especially in the period of global crisis and how it had reactions on Turkish economy were examined in the related parts of our study by benefiting from macro economic data. Keywords: Regional Trade Agreements, Free Trade Agreements, Global Crisis, Customs Union Agreement, Foreign Trade Deficit, Turkey.