ABSTRACT

In the study, levels of development of the EU member and candidate countries by using economic indicators, which is one of multi-criteria decisionmaking techniques with TOPSIS method is to ranking.TOPSIS method, Electre developed as an alternative method to solve problems, and multi-criteria decisionmaking is one of the most widely used methods. With this method, the best solution alternatives (positive ideal solution), taking into account the relative order of proximity to decision makers and provides a proposed solution is presented.EU member and candidate countries to study the economic development (performance) to be sorted according to the Maastricht criteria by taking into account (Public Debt / GDP), (Unemployment Rate%), (Budget Deficit / GDP), (Export / Import), GDP / Population) and (inflation), such as economic indicators (criteria) used 2009 data. Maastricht criteria for the economic indicators used in this study (criteria), the relative importance (weights) has been set equal. As a result, the analysis and ranked according to the criteria of the EU member and candidate countries,in this ranking Turkey's place were determined.