Recent Local Development Models in Turkey, Fall 2005

Monday, December 5, 2005

This paper analyzes the changes in the spatial distribution of industry in Turkey following the 1980s, focusing on regional development policies. Using their localendogenous resources, certain provinces, also called "new industrial districts", made important leaps in the past couple of decades, while certain regions fell further behind. This paper aims to explain the success stories and extract lessonsfor progress in overcoming the vast regional disparities that remain...Please click here to read the text in full.

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