BORDERS, BORDER TRADE and BORDER TRADE CENTERS
SINIRLAR, SINIR TİCARETİ VE SINIR TİCARET MERKEZLERİ

Author : Taşkın DENİZ
Number of pages : 351-370

Abstract

In this study, first of all, the term “border”, the importance of borders in terms of geography, the scope of border trade, the effects of legal regulations on border trade have been addressed. And then, economic reflections caused by border trade centers are discussed. Finally some arrangements to sustain border trade have been offered. By means of border trade; it is provided that increasing of foreign trade income, economical development of the provinces as part of the border trade, reducing of development differences interregionally by providing of the regional improvements, providing of the products which are not able to be produced because of the geographical features or the other various reasons easily from boundary countries as cheaper compare to regular import trade in a short time, reducing of trafficking, strengthening of the cultural interaction among countries, increasing of employment through people who deal with border trade activities. Providing of financial support to entrepreneurs that dealing with frontier trade in Karadeniz and East Anatolia regions that are not realized in desired level of frontier trade is going to conribute to development of frontier trade in mentioned regions. The negotiations that will be done with Suriye and Iran governments because of the relations that are put forward in the last years with Iraq that living regime changes beginning from the year of 2000’s are very important in terms of development by revising of frontier trade. Goods which are needed by Iraq and Syria on food - construction and technologic could be supplied with frontier trade. At the same way, frontier trade is important in terms of power of Nahcıvan economy. Information and data used in this study have been gathered from published local and foreign resources on political geography, Turkish economy, border trade, and border Trade in Turkey.

Keywords

Political Geography, Border, Border Trade, Border Trade Centers, Turkey

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