Comparison of Turkey's macroeconomic indicators with European Union countries after 2010

In each country's economy, the main indicator of improvement or decline are occurring within a specific period of macroeconomic data for that country. Many positive processes such as increasing the competitiveness level of the countries on a global scale and becoming a more attractive country for foreign investments are possible only through successful economic performance at the macro level. In this context, the EU and Turkey's foreign trade in the first row to become a partner, as well as economic outlook for Turkey and the EU countries due to the full membership negotiation process carried out between Turkey and the Union is important. The mortgage crisis, which started in the USA in September 2008, has turned into a global economic crisis that has affected the whole world since 2009 and has made itself felt seriously in the macro data of Turkey and the EU. In this study, since 2010, Turkey and the EU countries; seven selected macro indicators (inflation, long-term interest rate, public debt, budget deficit, unemployment, economic growth and current account balance) comparison has been made out. The first four selected macro indicators are also the Maastricht Criteria of the EU.