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Christina Bache Fidan article for ORSAM
Christina Bache Fidan, a PhD candidate in PAIS, has published an article for the Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM).
Until recently, Turkey apChristina Bache Fidan, a PhD candidate in PAIS, has published an article for the Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM).
Until recently, Turkey appeared to be the player who had gained the most from the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. By 2013, Turkey’s trade with Iraq amounted to $11.9 billion, making Iraq Turkey’s second largest trading partner. The first five months of 2014, exports to Iraq had already equaled to $5.4 billion, an increase of 11%. This relationship is not only significant because of exports, but when compared to trade with Germany, Turkey’s largest trading partner, with exports equal to $13.3 billion and imports equal to $24.1 billion, Turkey only imports $200 million from Iraq, thus tilting the balance in Turkey’s favor. More than 1,500 Turkish companies operate throughout Iraq and export a wide array of goods such as furniture, diapers, milk, pipes and doors.
To continue reading Christina's article, titled 'The Economic Impact of ISIS Advance for Turkey and the KRG,' please follow this link.peared to be the player who had gained the most from the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. By 2013, Turkey’s trade with Iraq amounted to $11.9 billion, making Iraq Turkey’s second largest trading partner. The first five months of 2014, exports to Iraq had already equaled to $5.4 billion, an increase of 11%. This relationship is not only significant because of exports, but when compared to trade with Germany, Turkey’s largest trading partner, with exports equal to $13.3 billion and imports equal to $24.1 billion, Turkey only imports $200 million from Iraq, thus tilting the balance in Turkey’s favor. More than 1,500 Turkish companies operate throughout Iraq and export a wide array of goods such as furniture, diapers, milk, pipes and doors.