Türkiye-Mısır ilişkilerinde ekonomik dinamiklerin etkisi

Abstract

Given the fact that diplomatic ties between Turkey and Egypt, which have common historical and cultural memory, began in 1925, it is observed that economic ties have not been a determinant element for both parties for long years as the commercial ties just seemed to commence in the second half of 1950s A rapprochement in economic ties, in parallel with the political ones, started to emerge following both the Cold War's detente policies seen through the 1970 and the liberal policies adopted under the administration of Anwar Sadat, but a momentum in commercial ties could only be gained in 1980s with Turkey's international expansion. Even though the foreign policy rhetoric seemed to resemble in both parties upon the ending of the Cold War, the main leap could be possible with the signing of Free Trade Agreement in 2005 and especially the overall investment of Turkey in Egypt. It is now observed that the economic ties established between the two countries have not gone below the level reached after 2005 despite