Economic Liberalization and Turkey

<p>The liberalization of the Turkish economy is a key factor affecting Turkey’s application to join the European Union. This book examines the impact of economic liberalization in Turkey and Turkey’s approach to the elimination of barriers to trade. It focuses on the liberalization of trade in Turkey’s agricultural and industrial commodities sector and key services such as telecommunications, electricity, natural gas, banking and transport. The chapters include thorough discussions on WTO and EU approaches for the elimination of barriers to trade, international and EU rules and regulations in the various service sectors, and the methods for estimating the tariff equivalents of barriers to trade in the different service sectors as well as methods for estimating the benefits of liberalization of services for Turkey. The experience of Turkey, its approach to liberalization and its measures to eliminate barriers to trade serve as a useful model for other neighboring countries of the European Union. </p> <p>1. Introduction <strong>Part 1: Liberalization of Trade in Goods </strong>2. The Foreign Trade Regime and Trade Liberalization in Turkey 3. Standards, Conformity Assessment and Technical Barriers to Trade <strong>Part 2: Liberalization of Services </strong>4. Liberalization of Telecommunications Services 5. Electricity Sector Policy Reform 6. Policy Reform in the Natural Gas Sector 7. Liberalization of Banking Services 8. Maritime Freight Transport Sector Policy Reform 9. Policy Reform in the Road Freight Transport Sector <strong>Part 3: Quantifying the Impact of Economic Liberalization </strong>10. Impact of Economic Liberalization</p>