Türkiye, in terms of foreign trade, has increasingly become important both for the Balkan region and Europe, of which Türkiye is the fifth-largest exporter and the seventh-largest importer. Türkiye's foreign investment stock has increased from $7 billion to almost $40 billion. The percentage of the investments by Türkiye in the Balkan countries is around 5% of its overall foreign investments, while Romania is the largest in export and Greece is the largest in import. There has been an upward trend in Türkiye's investments in the region particularly Romania, Croatia and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Türkiye's volume of trade with the 12 Balkan countries has increased 23 billion dollars. The export volume of the Balkan countries is over 500 billion dollars.

Hence, the countries in the Region are required to keep the intellectual infrastructure regarding their future fit, and develop such policies that are appropriate to their interests. The 9^th International Balkan Forum, which is organized under the main theme of the “Future of the Balkans Economy and Türkiye“ aims at contributing to this field.

Main Theme
Future of the Balkans Economy and Türkiye

Sub-Themes
Governance of the Economic Competition in the Balkans and Türkiye
EU and the Balkans New Economy Ecosystem after the Brexit
China, Belt and Road Project, the Balkans and Türkiye
New Economic Dynamics in the Balkans
Country Perspectives (Greece, Bulgaria, Türkiye, Albania etc.)