Book contents
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Long Wave of Urbanization
- 3 From Military Rule to Civilian Politics
- 4 Islamists in Power
- 5 Uneven Economic Development and Domestic Politics
- 6 The Kurdish Revolt: Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 7 Between Europe and the Middle East
- 8 Women’s Call for Democracy
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Uneven Economic Development and Domestic Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 August 2019
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Turkey Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Maps and Tables
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A Long Wave of Urbanization
- 3 From Military Rule to Civilian Politics
- 4 Islamists in Power
- 5 Uneven Economic Development and Domestic Politics
- 6 The Kurdish Revolt: Nationalism and Ethnicity
- 7 Between Europe and the Middle East
- 8 Women’s Call for Democracy
- 9 Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter examines economic development and the interaction between the economy and politics in Turkey since 1980. Just as the military coup ushered in a new era in Turkey’s politics, a new era for the economy began with the launch of neoliberal or more market-oriented policies in the same year. Global forces and institutions played important roles in shaping Turkey’s new economic policies. The most important policy changes were trade liberalization, the emphasis on exports of manufactures, the lifting of restrictions on global capital flows, and the privatization of state economic enterprises. The signing of the Customs Union agreement with the European Union in 1994 provided further support for exports of manufactures. Turkey had experienced moderately high rates of increase in per capita income since 1980. Rapid urbanization and the shift of the labor force from lower-productivity agriculture to the urban economy, discussed in Chapter 2, also contributed to economic growth.
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- Turkey between Democracy and Authoritarianism , pp. 130 - 161Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019