Özet:

Though developed countries have entered the knowledge age, industrialization attempts are going on at full speed in the rest of the countries of the world. In this context, it is seen that the issue of industrialization covers a fairly vast field of study in the literature of economics and the history of economics. Today, when industrialization and development are considered to have the same meaning, Turkey’s both attaining a sufficient economic growth and completing its structural transformation is possible provided that she achieves a competitive position in the world market by dint of taking her industry to a significantly higher level. Under these lights, the primary objective of this study is to show how much progress was achieved in the industrialization of Turkey from the Republic Period to the year of 24 January 1980 by analyzing the implemented industrialization policies in their chronological sequence. The findings have revealed that Turkey fell far short of the point desired, targeted, and aimed at in regard to industrialization even though there was a leap forward in industrialization from 1923 to 1980.

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