Abstract:

This study deals with fishing activities in Turkey in the early Republic period and its aftermath and their contributions to economy. The subject is limited to and discussed under the titles of fish production activities in Turkey in the period of Republican People’s Party (CHP) (1923-1950) and fish production activities in Turkey in the period of the Democratic Party (DP) (1950-1960). Evaluations have been made based on numeric data in discussing the fishing activities in Turkey and their contributions to economy. The gap in the literature about the research subject has been filled through use of primary sources such as archive documents, official publications, laws, journals of official reports, proceedings of memorandum, official gazettes, statistical yearbooks, Ayın Tarihi journal (government’s dating publication), articles from the economy magazines of the period, and books. The relevant evaluations have been made considering the developments in the field of fishing occurring in Turkey and worldwide in the period under examination. It has been found out that attention was paid to fishing export as of the early years of the Republic water products congresses were held Meat and Fish Board (EBK) was founded and importance was attached to research and examination in the field of fishing, thereby making an attempt to improve fishing in the country.

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