PROJECT ONE WAY-ONE GENERATION: TURKEY'S CRITICAL OPPORTUNITIES IN THE COMMERCIAL PORTS OF MEDITERRANEAN SEA

Zeki Yılmaz and Betul Sabancı
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Zeki Yılmaz: DUMLUPINAR UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SCIENCES, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS
Betul Sabancı: Dpu Lisansustu Eğitim Enstitusu

Ekonomi Maliye Isletme Dergisi, 2021, vol. 4, issue 1, 87-100

Abstract: Silk Road; It has witnessed the intercontinental exchange of many products in history, keeping the trade alive and shaping the economy. China, which produces less costly thanks to its cheap and qualified workforce, has started to seek new markets in the global economy. For this purpose, The Chinese Government, seeking new trade routes, initiated the modernized design of the historical Silk Road in 2013, when the president announced the modernized design of the Historical Silk Road. The New Silk Road Project has been built with three separate centers, namely highway, seaway and railway. In the study, maritime trade and the comparison of Piraeus Port and Izmir Çandarlı and Mersin ports were made on this line. In the study, it was tried to reveal the economic advantages that our country, which is in the first place in the world with its geographical location, qualified workforce advantages and port capacities, can benefit if the investment and trade opportunities offered by the project are turned into opportunities.

Keywords: New Silk Road; Maritime Trade; Mediterranean Ports; Globalization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 E61 F63 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.46737/emid.938391

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