{"id":13737,"title":"Turkey: Between Iraq &amp; a Hard Place","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/globalization\/turkey-between-iraq-a-hard-place\/","date":"17. Januar 2017","date_unix":1484654915,"date_modified_unix":1484654915,"date_iso":"2017-01-17T12:08:35+00:00","content":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13738\" src=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover.jpg\" alt=\"turkey neighbourhood cover\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/topics\/competitiveness\/impact_of_emerging_markets\/the-crossroads-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >The Crossroads Turkey,<\/a> <\/em>the latest in our <a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/topics\/competitiveness\/impact_of_emerging_markets\/the-crossroads\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" ><em>Crossroads <\/em>video series<\/a>, has in many ways been our most challenging episode yet, with Turkey taking unexpected plot twists seemingly on a daily basis. For example, just days prior to my trip to the country, factions of the military staged what would ultimately be a failed coup attempt. This delayed filming by a few months as we let the dust settle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That said, this episode has been very exciting to prepare, as the topical nature of the subject helped underscore the value of the Crossroads series \u2013 to highlight critical examples of the broad and long-term issues we cover as part of the Global Economic Dynamics Project; to show why these issues matter right now, on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"postContentEmbed\">\n<div class=\"embedContainer embedContainer--video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Turkey\u2019s Refugee and Security Spillover Crisis (Crossroads Turkey Excerpt)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0OWenu4eO2Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This bonus video from <em>The Crossroads Turkey<\/em> is a case in point. One theme that our team has taken particular interest in is how mass migration effects economies. In this excerpt, we zero in on the impact of the refugee crisis in Turkey. Many Iraqi and Syrian refugees hoped to pass through Turkey en route to Europe. But deals between the European Union and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan have essentially closed this crossing route, and hundreds of thousands\u2014if not millions\u2014of refugees are stuck in Turkey.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, security spillovers from Iraqi and Syrian civil wars have decimated the Turkish tourism industry. \u00a0Even before the July coup attempt, the tourism sector had been rocked by terrorism, civil strife and diplomatic fallouts. Over the last six months, Turkey has increasingly become a target for the Islamic State group, which specifically targets locations popular with international tourists. <a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/topics\/competitiveness\/impact_of_emerging_markets\/the-crossroads\/inside-turkeys-economy\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >All told, Turkish tourism receipts fell 36 percent year on year in the second quarter of 2016<\/a>, and this does not take into account cancelations and tepid demand as the country enters a period of \u201cnational emergency.\u201d Both the refugee and security issues present specific spillover challenges for the Turkish economy that we dive into in this excerpt from the full film.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In our second bonus video, we shift the focus from Turkey\u2019s southeast, to its west, investigating economic complications between Turkey and the EU.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"postContentEmbed\">\n<div class=\"embedContainer embedContainer--video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Turkey &amp; the EU \u2013 Lets make A Deal? (Crossroads Turkey Excerpt)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/7E3hmxff07c?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/topics\/competitiveness\/challenges_in_international_competitiveness\/turkey-the-eu-lets-make-a-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >Economic relations between the European Union and Turkey make a lot of sense on paper.<\/a> In fact, production chains shared between the EU and Turkey have been fundamental to Turkey\u2019s strong economic performance in recent years. However, these ties may be under increasing pressure, as we investigate in this second bonus video for <em>The Crossroads Turkey. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We hope you enjoy these clips, and make sure to check out our full episode &#8211; <em>The Crossroads Turkey &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/topics\/competitiveness\/impact_of_emerging_markets\/the-crossroads-turkey\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\u00d6ffnet in einem neuen Tab\" >here<\/a>!!! <\/em>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","excerpt":"<p>While Turkey\u2019s economy faces internal pressures, external influences aren\u2019t helping either. Turkey\u2019s complicated neighborhood creates pressures from all angles.  <\/p>\n","thumbnail":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover.jpg","thumbnailsquare":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/24\/2017\/01\/turkey-neighbourhood-cover.jpg","authors":[{"id":309,"name":"Samuel George","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/de\/blogger\/samuel-george\/"}],"categories":[{"id":152,"name":"Globalization","link":"https:\/\/bst-europe.eu\/category\/globalization\/"}],"tags":[]}