The Impact of Political Stability on the Environment: The Case of the Organization of Turkic States

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 14 Sayı: 2, 636 - 650, 15.04.2025

Fatih Akın

https://doi.org/10.33206/mjss.1570368

Öz

In this study, the relationship between political stability and the environment for the period 2002-2021 for the member and observer countries of the Organization of Turkic States (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Türkiye, Hungary, and Turkmenistan) is examined with the panel Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) method. The ecological footprint variable is used to represent the environment. Economic growth, renewable energy consumption, and political stability are included in the model as explanatory variables. The findings of the study reveal that an increase in political stability reduces the ecological footprint in the short and long run. Therefore, the findings suggest that political stability contributes to the improvement of environmental quality. Another important finding is that while economic growth increases the ecological footprint, renewable energy consumption decreases the ecological footprint. In line with these findings, maintaining political stability and increasing renewable energy consumption in the member and observer countries of the Organization of Turkic States can help improve environmental quality.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Environmental Quality, Political Stability, Economic Growth, Renewable Energy Consumption, Panel ARDL

Politik İstikrarın Çevre Üzerindeki Etkisi: Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı Örneği

Öz

Bu çalışmada, Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı üyesi ve gözlemcisi olan ülkelere (Azerbaycan, Kazakistan, Kırgızistan, Özbekistan, Türkiye, Macaristan ve Türkmenistan) yönelik 2002-2021 dönemi için politik istikrar ve çevre arasındaki ilişki panel Otoregresif Dağıtılmış Gecikme (ARDL) yöntemi ile incelenmiştir. Çevreyi temsilen ekolojik ayak izi değişkeni kullanılmıştır. Ekonomik büyüme, yenilebilir enerji tüketimi ve politik istikrar açıklayıcı değişkenler olarak modele dâhil edilmiştir. Çalışmadan elde edilen bulgular, politik istikrarda meydana gelen artışın kısa ve uzun dönemde ekolojik ayak izini azalttığını ortaya koymaktadır. Dolayısıyla bulgulardan hareketle politik istikrarın, çevre kalitesini artmasına katkı sağladığı görülmektedir. Diğer önemli bulgular ise, ekonomik büyüme ekolojik ayak izini artırırken, yenilenebilir enerji tüketimi ise ekolojik ayak izini azaltmaktadır. Bu bulgular doğrultusunda, Türk Devletleri Teşkilatı üyesi ve gözlemcisi olan ülkelerde politik istikrarın devamlılık göstermesi ve yenilenebilir enerji tüketiminin arttırılması çevre kalitesinin artırılmasına yardımcı olabilir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Çevre Kalitesi, Politik İstikrar, Ekonomik Büyüme, Yenilebilir Enerji Tüketimi, Panel ARDL

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