In the post Second World War period Turkey was an emigration country for a long time. But things have changed since …. After the end of the Cold War and the breakup of the Soviet Union, immigration from the neighborhood to Turkey increased … open up their borders to Turkish migrants. As a consequence, Turkey is a country of emigration, immigration and transit …

Located at the geographical intersection between East and West, with both Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts, Turkey … post-Second world war period, Turkey became a country of emigration. In 1961 a bilateral agreement on labor recruitment … between Turkey and Germany had been signed. In the following years, similar bilateral agreements were reached with a couple of …

While Turkey has opened up for trade, and export orientation has been seen as an important tool for development …, foreign direct investments (FDI) have lagged behind. Turkey has not attracted a lot of FDI. Less than one billion US-$ FDI … came to Turkey per year before 2000. In the last decade, FDI to Turkey has risen sharply to a peak of about 22 billion US …

The end of the Cold War has been a catalyst for Turkish economic relations with its neighbors. Turkey moved from the … with cheap labor force - either as migrants to Turkey or as workers for Turkish plants to be established in the …