The potential effects of the Zangezur Corridor on Türkiye’s foreign trade

Abstract

The Zangezur corridor connects Azerbaijan and the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. An exclave of Azerbaijan. After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, the obstacles to opening the Zangezur corridor were solved through the ceasefire agreement. Implementing the Zangezur corridor will shorten the route used nowadays by the Baku—Tiflis—Kars railway by almost 150 km. For this reason, it is thought that this corridor would decrease transportation costs and increase trade volumes. Türkiye, which will have direct land contact with Turkic countries, is the country of one of the most prominent effects of the opening of the Zangezur corridor. The main objective of this study is to determine the effect of Türkiye’s trade volumes on the opening of the Zangezur corridor. To investigate this, the study constructs a built-in structural gravity model with a new economic geography perspective covering 182 countries from 2007 to 2023. Then, the coefficient values obtained from the model are used to determine the possible change in Türkiye's trade with nine Asian countries that are expected to use this corridor directly. According to the results, it is expected that Türkiye’s top three export-enlarging countries, respectively, are Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, which will be import-enlarging Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Uzbekistan.

Keywords

• zangezur corridor
• international trade
• international economics
• political economy
• structural gravity model

Zangezur Koridorunun Türkiye'nin dış ticareti üzerindeki potansiyel etkileri

Abstract

Zengezur koridoru. Azerbaycan ile Azerbaycan'ın bir eksklavı olan Nahçıvan Özerk Cumhuriyeti'ni birbirine bağlamaktadır. 2020 Dağlık Karabağ Savaşı'ndan sonra Zengezur koridorunun açılmasının önündeki engeller ateşkes anlaşmasıyla çözülmüştü. Zengezur koridorunun hayata geçirilmesi günümüzde Bakü-Tiflis-Kars demiryolunun kullandığı güzergâhı yaklaşık 150 km kısaltacaktır. Bu nedenle bu koridorun taşıma maliyetlerini düşüreceği ve ticaret hacmini artıracağı düşünülmektedir. Türki ülkelerle doğrudan kara teması kuracak olan Türkiye. Zangezur koridorunun açılmasının en belirgin etkilerinden birinin yaşanacağı ülkedir. Bu çalışmanın temel amacı. Türkiye'nin ticaret hacminin Zangezur koridorunun açılması üzerindeki etkisini belirlemektir. Bunu araştırmak için çalışmada. 2007-2023 yılları arasında 182 ülkeyi kapsayan yeni bir ekonomik coğrafya perspektifiyle yerleşik bir yapısal çekim modeli oluşturulmuştur. Daha sonra modelden elde edilen katsayı değerleri. Türkiye'nin bu koridoru doğrudan kullanması beklenen dokuz Asya ülkesi ile ticaretindeki olası değişimi belirlemek için kullanılmıştır. Sonuçlara göre. Türkiye'nin ihracatını artıran ilk üç ülkenin sırasıyla Ermenistan. Azerbaycan ve Türkmenistan. ithalatını artıran ülkelerin ise Azerbaycan. Ermenistan ve Özbekistan olması beklenmektedir.

Keywords

• zangezur koridoru
• uluslararası ticaret
• uluslararası iktisat
• politik iktisat
• yapısal çekim modeli

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