Türkiye’nin Gelişmekte Olan Uluslararası Ekonomik Ortaklıklarında Yeni Bir Kilometre Taşı: Türkiye-Japonya Yeni Nesil Serbest Ticaret Anlaşması

Year 2018, Volume: 38 Issue: 2, 547 - 576, 28.12.2018

Cüneyt Yüksel Deniz Baran

Abstract

Türk hükümetinin dünyanın farklı bölgelerindeki çeşitli devletlerle ikili veya çok taraflı ekonomik ortaklık (EOA) veya serbest
ticaret anlaşmalarına (STA) girmeye yönelik “açık ticaret politikası” bilhassa 2013’ten sonra belirgin hale gelmiştir. Küresel
korumacılık dalgasına rağmen, Türkiye, 2013’ten bu yana “yeni nesil STA’lar” imzalamaya yönelik çabalarını kaydadeğer
ölçüde arttırmıştır. Japonya ile 2014’ten beri süren STA müzakereleri de bu çabaların bir ürünüdür. Bu makelede, yeni
nesil STA’ların genel karakteristiği ve küresel korumacılık dalgaları bağlamında önemi ele alınacaktır. Ardından, Türkiye ve
Japonya arasındaki ekonomik ilişkilerde yaşanan ilerlemeler, Türkiye’nin daha önce Kore ve Singapur ile yaptığı yeni nesil
STA’lar ile mukayese edilerek ve uluslararası EOA’larını arttırmak Türkiye’nin için yürüttüğü aktif ve açık ticaret politikası
bağlamında değerlendirilecektir. Türkiye’nin kendi ulusal ekonomik politikalarını uygulamak için belli bir hareket alanine
muhafaza etmeye yönelik öncelikleri de bu değerlendirmede göz önünde tutulacaktır.

Keywords

Yeni Nesil Serbest Ticaret Anlaşmaları (STAlar), Ekonomik İşbirliği Anlaşmaları (EİAlar), Türkiye’nin Açık Ticaret Politikası, Korumacılık, Küreselleşme, Japonya-Türkiye STA

A New Milestone for Turkey’s Enhancing International Economic Partnerships: The Turkey-Japan New Generation Free Trade Agreement

Abstract

The Turkish government’s “open trade policy” to negotiate and conclude bilateral and multilateral economic partnership
agreements (EPAs) or free trade agreements (FTAs) with various states across the world have become particularly salient
since 2013. Since then, against the backdrop of a global protectionist wave, Turkey has significantly intensified its efforts
to conclude “new generation FTAs.” The ongoing FTA negotiations with the Japanese government - active since 2014
- are one of the outcomes of those efforts. In this paper, the general characteristics of new generation FTAs and their
significance in the context of the global protectionist currents will be tackled. Subsequently, advances in economic
relations between Turkey and Japan will be examined in comparison with Turkey’s previous new generation FTAs with
Korea and Singapore and assessed in the context of Turkey’s active and open trade policy of enhancing international EPAs
and its priorities for leaving a considerable maneuver space for implementing its national economic policies.

Keywords

New Generation Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs), Turkey’s Open Trade Policy, Protectionism, Globalization, Japan-Turkey FTA

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