A SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND TO A SUICIDE: REFLECTIONS OF GREAT DEPRESSION TO DAILY LIFE IN İZMİR

Volume: 6 Number: 14 September 1, 2007
  • Alev Gözcü
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A SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUND TO A SUICIDE: REFLECTIONS OF GREAT DEPRESSION TO DAILY LIFE IN İZMİR

Abstract

The Great Depression, took place in 1929, deeply influenced the economy of the Turkish Republic, which had been recently formed, like most of the countries of the world. The Great Depression particularly leaded to a serious decrease in prices of agricultural products. Traumatic deficits emerged in foreign trade of Turkey, whose exports were mostly based on agriculture. The situation brought in severe social problems in Turkey, where majority of the national population is farmers. This article substantially features the social problems rooting from negative impact of the Great Depression in the year 1929 in Izmir, which is picked as an example location for the article, as well as the shocks in daily life and cases of suicide due to above mentioned problems in Izmir

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Turkish

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Authors

Alev Gözcü This is me

Publication Date

September 1, 2007

Submission Date

September 1, 2007

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Published in Issue

Year 2007 Volume: 6 Number: 14

Chicago
Gözcü, Alev. 2007. “Bir İntiharın Sosyo-Ekonomik Arka Planı: Dünya Ekonomik Bunalımının İzmir Örneğinde Gündelik Yaşama Yansımaları”. Çağdaş Türkiye Tarihi Araştırmaları Dergisi 6 (14): 85-101. https://izlik.org/JA55KY83RS.