STRENGTHS

1-Geographical location of Turkey

WEAKNESSES
1-Shortage of qualified labor

2- Young human resource 2-Shortage of R&D , technology and 3-Production at international standards and quality by Turkish Industry 4- Existence of entrepreneurship capacity 5- Developed industrial infrastructure and variety of industrial production 6- Number of SMEs and OIZ Potentials innovation 3-Shortage of access to funding sources 4-Failure in effective management of natural resources and energy problem 5-Lack of cooperation and coordination among public institutions and organizations 6-Limited capability of production in high added value products 7-Shortages of infrastructure 8-Shortage of investment and business climate 9-High level of informal economy 10-Incompetence of the manufacturing industry in technology production and failure in extending the use of modern technology 11-Failure in obtaining data on the industry systematically and from a single source 12-High cost of inputs 14-Development differences between the regions 15-Inadequate implementation of clustering strategies 16-Underdevelopment of competition culture 17- Incompetencies of SMEs in export and marketing

OPPORTUNITIES

THREATS

1-European Union accession process and harmonization studies 2-Geographic location of Turkey 3-Entrepreneurial, young population 4-Markets in the neighboring and surrounding countries

1-Global financial crisis 2-External dependency in energy 3-High imports in supply of intermediate products 4-Globalization and increasing international competition 5-Environment and climate change