Developments in the Turkish Economy Between 2010-2020 Within the Framework of Investments, Economic Growth,and Inflation Rate Figures

In the Turkish Economy, there were radical changes in the structure of the economy with the policies of opening up to the outside world and transition to a free market economy in the 1980s, and the last step of this opening up and liberalization process was realized with the decision number 32 in 1989. We can say that with the liberalization of capital movements in the 1990s, economic growth and development were tried to be achieved through hot money inflows rather than direct foreign investments. This trend made the economy more open to crises, and for the first time, a crisis occurred in the form of the 1994 economic crisis, which was understood to be caused by hot money. The same economic structure experienced a financial and economic crisis caused by hot money again in November 2000 and February 2001. While the crisis was overcome with the stand-by agreement made with the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the announced Transition to a Strong Economy program, the economy started to grow rapidly with the ease of using foreign resources, and political stability seems to have enabled this economic growth process to continue uninterruptedly except 2009. There was also a decrease in inflation rates. The same economic structure continued in the period between 2010 and 2020, and the financing need of economic growth was met by outsourcing. However, this process was different from the previous decade and there was no economic and financial crisis other than the sudden increase in exchange rates in 2018. We can say that the sudden exchange rate increase in 2018 was perceived as a harbinger of possible exchange rate shocks in the following years.