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Many of today’s developed countries have significantly shortened and facilitated this process by using knowledge, innovation and technology in their development processes. Due to this experience of developed countries and the rapid development of knowledge economy elements, the concept of knowledge economy has become one of the most emphasized subjects of developing countries, especially those who want to grow their economies and increase well-being. Therefore BRICS countries with Turkey were analyzed by panel data analysis technique using gross domestic product per capita, internet usage rate, education index and patent applications variables for the period of 1995-2017. According to the results, independent variables representing three different dimensions of knowledge economy affect economic growth at different rates and positively. As a result of these results, it can be said that the knowledge economy is an important factor in providing economic growth and welfare increase.

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