Abstract:

The main purpose of the study is to investigate the probable effects of incentive policies that are being applied in Turkey on national, regional and local economies. In Turkey, it is known that various incentives in different scales are applied for various sectors for approximately 100 years. The incentive policies applied cause crucial costs for the national economy and therefore in some years budget deficits are experienced. However various incentives are still being given to various sectors and more encouraging policies are formed for incentive policies. In the study a theoretical infrastructure is formed through the scanning of current literature and a historical development process is analysed by including the legal foundations of economic incentives. After referring to the types of incentives and incentive policies, by using the data attained by the data set attained between the dates 01.01.2001 and 30.06.2013 and backed up on 04.04.2013 by the Directorate of Incentive Practices and Foreign Capital, the numbers of regional and sectoral economic incentives given between these dates, their investment and employment magnitudes and the results are assessed

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