Adopting a political-economy perspective, this book is an original collection of research chapters that focus on Turkey's economic-development experience from the nineteenth century to the present. It provides a systematic and chronological examination of Turkey's major historical dynamics in the economic and socio-political spheres.

The chapters are organized according to the consecutive phases of Turkey's political-economic development. Each chapter not only reflects on the country-specific aspects of those development phases, but also clarifies the dependence of domestic-policy orientations on the dynamics of the world economy. As such, the book provides a historically-conscious, political-economic account of Turkey's dependent-development experience.

The book serves as a quality reference on the political economy of modern Turkey, bringing together fourteen prominent experts as contributing authors who have devoted their intellectual lives to the understanding and explanation of political-economic dynamics in both Turkey and the world. All contributors write on a historical period of the Turkish economy in which they are most specialized. This aspect of the book is a momentous advantage in the field of Turkey's political economy, enabling the highest degree of academic expertise to concentrate in each chapter.

Provides a historically conscious, political-economic account of Turkey's development experience Includes a long-term historical account of the background of Erdogan era in Turkey Presents research on each historical period written by prominent academic scholars who specialize in specific periods

Autorentext

Emre Özçelik is a faculty member of the Economics Program at the Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus (METU-NCC). Political economy of development and the Turkish economy are two of his main research interests.

Yonca Özdemir is a faculty member of the Political Science and International Relations Program at the Middle East Technical University, Northern Cyprus Campus (METU-NCC). Her research examines the politics of economic reform, development theory and policy, globalization, economic crises, foreign aid, and populism.      

Inhalt

Introduction (Editors: Emre Özçelik and Yonca Özdemir).- Chapter 1. Late Ottoman Period, 1838-1908 (Author: Seven Ar).- Chapter 2. Formation of Modern Turkey, 1908-1929 (Author: Zafer Toprak).- Chapter 3. The Statist Era, 1929-1947 (Authors: M. Erdem Özgür and Eyüp Özveren).- Chapter 4. The Early Liberal Era, 1947-1960 (Author: Yakup Kepenek).- Chapter 5. Import-Substituting Industrialization, 1960-1980 (Authors: Ümit Akçay and Oktar Türel).- Chapter 6. First-Generation Neoliberal Reforms, 1980-1990 (Authors: Ziya Öni and Fikret enses .- Chapter 7. The Lost Decade, 1990-2001 (Author: Erinç Yeldan).- Chapter 8. Second-Generation Neoliberal Reforms, 2001-2009 (Authors: Erol Taymaz and Ebru Voyvoda).- Chapter 9. From Neoliberal Populism to Authoritarian Crony Capitalism, 2009-2020 (Authors: Korkut Boratav and Özgür Orhangazi).- Conclusion (Editors: Emre Özçelik and Yonca Özdemir).