Determining the Relationships between Newly Established Logistics Enterprises in Turkey Based on Foreign Trade Volume and Legal Status

The purpose of this study is to determine how newly established logistics businesses (NELB) in Turkey affect foreign trade volume. Additionally, it aims to identify the relationships between NELB and businesses based on their legal status. The data used in this research, covering the years 2013-2021, were gathered from the open-access sites of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TUIK). IBM SPSS Statistics 20 software was used to analyze the data. The Pearson Correlation analysis method was chosen to evaluate the relationships between variables. According to the analysis results, NELB has a strong positive effect on Turkey's foreign trade volume (Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.03 and Pearson Correlation = 0.857**). Additionally, there is a strong positive relationship between NELB and businesses categorized as "real person" (Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.01 and Pearson Correlation = 0.887**) and "limited company" (Sig. (2-tailed) = 0.016 and Pearson Correlation = 0.767**), based on their legal status. However, no relationship was found between businesses with legal statuses such as ordinary partnership, joint-stock company, cooperative, and other types.