Özet:

Aftermath of the Second World War, the world map has been reshaped, influence zones have changed hands, and has been gone to a new share The same years define the process that Turkey also went to some changes in domestic and foreign politics. After 1945, there was a transition to a multi-party political life. In this cycle, the prominent opposition party was Democratic Party. In the years of single-party period, the party, which defined the criticism of the practice of 'The National Chief' era as its basic policy, took over the government from the Republican People's Party on May the 14th, 1950 by getting a great support of people who were not satisfied with the existent government in a short time. The Democratic Party followed a liberal economic policy during the time it was in power. The government was willing to support the private sector by some legal regulations and initiatives. In addition, 'The Foreign Investment Promotion Law' was issued in order to open the country's wealth sources to production rapidly or to include them in the international capital flow; it was intended to have an economic growth owing to the foreign loans and help received under the Marshall Plan. Beginning from the second half of the 1940's, maritime and port constructions made one of the important frameworks of the Republican People's Party and the Democratic Party during its ten- year of ruling period. In this period, the capacity of ports in the country was increased by reconstructing or restoring most of the available ports in Turkey thanks to the loans obtained from the exterritorials and the government budget; thus the process of articulation in the international capital was accelerated. Furthermore, the increment in the maritime commerce activities on the coasts of Turkey was provided through increasing the number of ships in the marchant marine fleet owned by both the state and the private sector. Every step taken in the maritime sector between the years 1945-1960; changes in the maritime law, studies on the modernization of ports has contributed to the development of marine transportation and maritime trade in Turkey. In this context, the aim of this study is the effort to be able to read the development of Turkey's port and and maritime activities in the process of international economics' expansion globally.