Kars Lojistik Merkezinin (Klm) TRA2 Bölgesinin Kalkınması Ve Kars Ekonomisi Açısından Önemi: Bir İktisadi Analiz

Logistics activities have been also rising with the fast growing of goods and services trade in the world. Forming of logistics centers in Turkey started in 2006 by TCDD. Logistics centers provide access to local, regional and global markets by institutions which permitting to integrated transport with highway, railway, airway and seaway. Logistics centers cause to rouse economic activities where are they formed. Kars is the gate of Turkey which opens to Middle East and Caucasia as the center of TRA2 Region and border cities (provinces). Strategic potential of Kars city arises by the building of Baku- Tbilisi- Kars railway and Kars- Iğdır- Nakhchivan- Iran railway which’s etudes are going on. Crossing of significant forward and backward connections of railways which is considered to build in Serhat Region, and BTC oil and BTE power transmission line in the regions was been effective to set up Kars Logistics Center (KLC). Although this strategic potential,TRA2 Region cities and especially Kars city is at the last rows in Turkey by the economic structure based on agriculture, relatively backward industry, high rate of emigration and relatively low socio- economic development index. In this study, touching on the importance of KLM in the terms of development of TRA2 Region and economy of Kars city and emphasizing the possible economic contribution of KLM to TRA2 Region and Kars city when it will be completed.