TURKISH LABOUR MIGRATION TO THE UK: EFFECTS ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Year 2015, Volume: 14 Issue: 2, 25 - 48, 01.10.2015

Yasin Kerem Gümüş

https://doi.org/10.1501/Avraras_0000000222

Abstract

This paper seeks to determine whether there is an actual link between trade and the immigration. In order to address this objective, the paper takes the trade between Turkey and U.K as a case study. It is clear that Turkish communities in the UK not only contributed to the country’s economy in terms of taxes, they have also helped to create demand for Turkish products which has correspondingly increased the import of such products into the country. In addition, research also indicated the opposite, in terms of the direction of trade, as the profile of the UK and its products and businesses has increased in Turkey as more and more people develop a link with the country through the extended families living in the UK. This in turn has helped to increase bidirectional trade between the two countries, a fact that received very little attention in the literature

Keywords

International Trade, Economics of Migration, Turkey, UK

Türkiye'den İngiltere'ye Gerçekleşen İşçi Göçlerinin İki Ülke Arasındaki Ticarete Etkisi

Abstract

Bu makale uluslararası işçi göçleri ve uluslararası ticaret arasındaki ilişkiyi Türkiye ve Birleşik Krallık arasındaki ticari ilişkiler üzerinden analiz etmeyi amaçlamaktadır. Elde edilen veriler şunu gösteriyor ki Birleşik Krallıkta yaşayan Türk göçmenler Birleşik Krallığın ekonomisine sadece vergi geliri sağlama yoluyla katkı sağlamamış, aynı zamanda Türk ürünlerine olan talepte artış dolayısıyla iki ülke arasındaki ticareti arttırmıştır. Bununla beraber Birleşik Krallıkta yaşayan Türk göçmenlerin Türkiye’deki akrabaları ile olan ilişkileri dolayısıyla Birleşik Krallığın Türkiye’deki yatırımlarının oranında ve Birleşik Krallık menşeili ürünlerin sayısında da artış görülmüştür. Dolayısıyla uluslararası işçi göçlerinin her iki taraf için de ticareti arttırıcı bir etki yarattığı anlaşılmaktadır

Keywords

Uluslararası işçi göçleri, Uluslararası ticaret, Türkiye

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