THE ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF TURKIFICATION POLICIES IN THE EARLY REPUBLICAN PERIOD: WEALTH Tax (1942-1944)

Year 2019, Volume: 3 Issue: 6, 61 - 70, 28.08.2019

Mustafa Yahya Metintaş Melike Metintaş

Abstract

In the first years of the establishment of the Republic of Turkey, on behalf of establish a nation-state,
Turkification policies were implemented in many areas. These applications focused mainly on non-
Muslim and non-Turk groups who were living in Turkey. Turkification policies have affected the lives
of individuals in political, social and economic fields. At this point, economically Turkification
policies were carried out with two main policies: Wealth Tax and Turkification of the economy. In this
study, the dimensions, sociological effects and results of the wealth tax applied to non-Muslim and
non-Turk groups were evaluated. In this context, the presence of social and economic disadvantages of
the tax on the Republic of Turkey were discussed.

Keywords

Turkification Policies, Turkification of Economy, Wealth Tax, Non-Muslim and Non- Turkish Groups

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