Abstract:

Ahmet Hamdi Başar, who was born in 1897 in Istanbul, has endeavored to be influential on the surroundings of power in Turkey, beginning with the years of the Liberation War, and has given himself a duty in a sense to guide the powers, especially in economic matters. Sucar defended that the development of Turkey could be achieved in the framework of the model he called "Iktisadi stateism", but his opinions and suggestions were not realistic by the leaders of the one-party period. The one-party power has not succeeded in influencing the economic policies in the direction it hopes to be a major opportunity for Success to multi-party life; Success has actively participated in the Democratic Party’s establishment work. Success, which was removed from the party’s establishment process after a while due to the divisions of ideas, was able to become a member of the Democratic Party in 1950. The study focuses on the activities of Sucar in the period of parliamentary office between the years 1950 and the end of 1953. The main subject of the study is the facts in which the successor, through "economic stateism", a controlled way aimed at the creation of a bourgeois class in the Western sense, separated from the Democratic Party, which adopted liberal economic policies.

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Born in İstanbul in 1897, Ahmet Hamdi Başar has tried to have influence over the ruling circles starting from the years of Liberation War, and considered it a duty to guide the governments especially on economic issues.  Başar argued that Turkey could be developed following his  “economic statism” model; however, his opinions and suggestions were not found to be realistic by the executives of the single party period. For Başar, who failed to influence the economy policies of the single party government, the transition to multi-party system meant to be a critical opportunity; and he  was actively involved in the establishment of the Democratic Party. Başar, who was excluded from the establishment process of the party after a while due to divergencies, managed to become a deputy of the Democratic Party in 1950. This study focuses on the prominent activities of Başar during his period in the parliament between 1950 and late 1953. The main subject of the study is the divergence of Başar, aiming the establishment of the bourgeoisie in a controlled manner through “economic statism”, with Democratic Party which embarked on liberal economic policies at the same period.