Regional threats and opportunities to turkey's national economic security

One of the most important pillars of Turkey's national security is economic security. An effective national economic security, on the other hand, is the greatest guarantee of a state structure made up of strong institutions. The basic investments of the Republic of Turkey, which has established its economic security, such as education, health, agriculture, science, technology, transportation, energy and defense are important for the future of the country. As a regional power, Turkey should initiate a legal regulation based on scientific data for economic threats and opportunities, and for this, economic threats should be prevented by enacting the "Economic Security Law". The main argument of the thesis is the need for "Economic Security Law" and the establishment of the institutional infrastructure for it. In this context; In the first two sections, the theoretical infrastructure for security and economic security is explained, in the third section, Turkey's efforts to create economic security and legal deficiencies are mentioned, and in the fourth and final section, various areas are explained within the scope of regional threats and opportunities. Obtained results were subjected to SWOT analysis. In the conclusion part of the thesis, the steps to be taken in the direction of "National Economic Security" were evaluated collectively.