TURKİYE'S COMPETITIVENESS PERFORMANCE: ANALYZING THE 1995-2022 PERIOD WITH A HYBRID MCDM MODEL

Competitiveness is critical for a country\\\'s economic stability and sustainable growth, as the capacity of countries to compete successfully in international markets directly affects their development goals. This study aims to evaluate Turkiye\\\'s competitiveness performance between 1995 and 2022 in line with this importance. In the study, Turkiye\\\'s competitiveness over the years is analyzed in detail based on sectoral performance data, including agricultural raw materials, capital goods, consumer goods, food products, ıntermediate goods, textiles and clothing, plastic or rubber, mach and elec machinery and transport equipment, animal products. Within the scope of the analysis, the SPC method was used to determine the weights of the indicators, while the SRP method was employed to create annual rankings. A hybrid Multi-Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) model was proposed by combining the SPC and SRP methods. The findings reveal that Turkiye\\\'s highest competitiveness performance occurred in 2007, 2013, and 2014, while the lowest performance was observed in 1995, 2001, and 2009.