Structural analysis of the economic relationship between Macedonia and Turkey

ABSTRACTThe world system came to an end with the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.Following the fall , the civil war broke up in the Republic of Socialist Yugoslaviaand, after the civil war the autonomous republics in the Yugoslavia declaredtheir independence. In this dissertion , transitory period of Macedonia whichdisunited from the Republic of Socialist Yugoslavia from socialist to marketeconomy, the developments that have taken place in the Macedonian economysince the declaration of independence, and the commercial and economicrelations between Macedonia and Turkey have been examined.In the first part of this dissertion , a general information about Macedoniahas been given. In this part , the economic activities such as unemployment,inflation and economic growth since the declaration of independence have alsobeen analysed.In the second part, the foreign trade and the balance of payments for thepre-independence period have been defined in statistical terms.In the third part, before all else, the privatization operations in Macedoniahave been analysed in details. In the rest of part , foreign direct investment thathave taken place in the Macedonian economy, have been analysed in theframework of privatization.In the forth part, commercial and economic relations between Macedoniaand Turkey have been analysed. In this context, commercial and economicrelations between these countries has been the subject in the framework ofcooperation possibilities. In this part, in which sectors that needed Turkishinvestors, of Macedonian economy have also been included.At the end of the study, the developments that have taken place in theMacedonian economy and foreign trade , since the declaration of independencehave been examined in a general framework. By analysing the past ofcommercial and economic relations between Macedonia and Turkey , the futureperpspectives for this relationship has also been attemped to drawn.