PSIR314 POLITICAL ECONOMY OF TURKEY
Course Content
This course is designed to introduce you to the political economy of the Turkey. The course topics are grouped according the various political and economic issues that Turkey has faced. The course will start by the economic and political foundations of the early Turkish Republic and continue with the state-led development, agricultural policies, and import substitution industrialization experience. Later, it will focus on the political and economic crisis in the 1970s and the military coups. Next, we will focus on the economic and political liberalization efforts in 1980s and the main problems faced in the 1990s. Lastly, some current issues in Turkish political economy will be discussed. Underdevelopment, the tension between democracy and economic growth, industrialization, agricultural policies, class conflicts, economic liberalization, regionalization, chronic inflation, and financial crises will be among the course topics.
