Automotive sector is a driving sector for countries due to forward and backward linkages and employment and value added it creates. Starting from this point, this study aims to analyze the competitiveness of CIS and Turkey automotive sector in their market. The competitiveness of the countries should be assessed with their production potential. The countries subject to the study are thirteen Eurasian countries, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The data from UNCTAD for 1995-2011 period for these countries and Liesner Index (RCAL), Balassa Index (RCA), Relative Trade Advantage Index (RTA) and Relative Competitiveness Index (RC) are used and the rank correlation between the outcomes are checked via Spearman Rank Correlation coefficient. According to the outcomes, Belarus, Turkey and Uzbekistan have higher comparative advantage compared to the other countries. The cooperation of these countries with Russia and Ukraine on production and trade of automotive sector will enhance their comparative advantage against third countries.

The energy security and diversification of energy have been the unchangeable elements of energy policies since the oil crisis in 1973. In addition, in 1990s, the negative effects of fossil resources on environment and natural resources have been realized. These factors have created a huge interest about the renewable energy resources. Renewable energy consists of wind, biomass etc. Biomass is described as all organic matters which are renewable in less than 100 years including plants, various products and wastes.

An increase in health expenditures positively affects of economic growth by increasing lifetime, life expectancy and quality of life of individuals. From this point of view, in this paper the relationship between health expenditures per capita and GDP per capita in 10 Eurasian countries (including Turkey) during 1995-2014 period was investigated. Firstly, Pesaran et al. (2008) cross-section dependency test was applied. After that, Hadri & Kurozumi (2012) Panel Unit Root Test, Westerlund & Edgerton (2007) Panel Cointegration Test and Dumitrescu & Hurlin (2012) Panel Causality Test were applied. The results indicate that there exists bidirectional causality between per capita health expenditures and per capita GDP..

Tütün tüketiminin sağlık ve ekonomi üzerinde yarattığı olumsuz etkileri bertaraf etmek amacıyla uygulanan tütün kontrol politikalarına dünya genelinde verilen önem, Dünya Bankası (DB) ve Dünya Sağlık Örgütü (DSÖ) liderliğinde yürütülen çalışmalar sayesinde 1990’lı yıllardan itibaren artmıştır. Bu artışta, “Tütün Kontrol Çerçeve Sözleşmesi (TKÇS)” ve “MPOWER” politika paketi önemli rol oynamıştır. Türkiye’de, 1996 yılında 4207 Sayılı Kanun’un ve 2004 yılında TKÇS’nin yürürlüğe girmesi, tütün kontrol politikalarındaki artışı beraberinde getirmiştir. Bu bağlamda bu çalışmanın amacı, Türkiye’de tütün kontrol politikalarının tarihsel gelişimi ve tütün tüketimine ilişkin bir değerlendirme yapmaktır.

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