@article{2017,title={DETERMINATION OF TURKEY'S COMPETITIVENESS LEVEL IN EXPORTS OF TEXTILES: AN ANALYSIS FOR THE PERIOD OF 1996-2015},abstractNode={In this study, we try to determine Turkey’s export competitiveness in textile products by using the Vollrath Index for the period from 1996 to 2015. Our analysis suggests that Turkey has a competitive advantage in 19 of the export of 24 textile products in the SITC 3 digits classification and a competition disadvantage in the remaining 5 product groups. This finding shows that Turkey has a competitive advantage in 79 per cent of its product groups and a competitive disadvantage in 21 per cent in textile exports. In addition, Turkey has strong superiority in 12 out of 19 product groups with competitive advantage, moderate superiority in 4 and weak superiority in remaining 3. The first two groups that Turkey has a strong superiority are the "Carpets and Floor Coverings etc." (code 659) and the "Made-up articles, wholly or chiefly of textile materials" (code 658). When we look at the results in general, it is noteworthy that the coefficient of competitiveness in the product groups where Turkey has competitive advantage has decreased in the second period of the analysis.},author={Kazım SARIÇOBAN-- Levent KÖSEKAHYAOĞLU - Birol ERKAN},year={2017},journal={Kesit Akademi}}