Abstract
This study aims to compare assets in the Turkey foreign exchange market in terms of return predictability with the historical price information and to evaluate weak-form market efficiency of Turkey foreign exchange market. For this aim, analyses are carried out with the generalized spectral test with the help of rolling sub-sample windows using weekly return rates between 07.02.1999-09.02.2020 of TL values of currencies in the IMF SDR basket, which account for about 96% of the Turkish foreign currency reserves. As a result of the analyses, it is found that EURO/TL and especially YEN/TL exchange rates have the number of weeks in which higher rates of return can be estimated using historical price movements compared to other exchange rates, while dollar/TL and YUAN/TL exchange rates have the minimum number of weeks. Also, it is determined that the return rates of foreign exchange rates can be estimated at certain periods using historical information and that they cannot be estimated at certain periods and therefore the weak-form efficiency of Turkey foreign exchange market shows periodic changes. Investors who make their investments using historical price movements have a greater chance of making successful investments at EURO/TL and YEN/TL exchange rates than other exchange rates.