Research Article

A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations

Volume: 40 Number: 2 December 31, 2020
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A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations

Abstract

Following the years of WWII, Turkey and many developing countries performed import substitution industrialization strategy (ISI) on the advice of the International Organizations. These countries expected that the ISI strategy serve their longing desire to build a national industry. In Turkey’s case, the policy implementation was conducted under the guidance of five years development plan was prepared by the State Planning Organization (SPO). Initially, the ISI strategy covered the optimistic expectations and Turkey’s economy showed unprecedented economic performance during the ISI period. However, the economic growth came to an abrupt end in the late 1970s and Turkey became dependent on foreign resources than ever before. This study aims at clarifying the questions of why Turkey shifted its policy paradigm to the ISI strategy and the role of the SPO in the ISI period referring to the literature on the developmentalism and the developmental state. From this perspective, this study illustrates the discrepancies between the SPO and its counterparts in Japan and East Asian countries and the question of why Turkey could not shift its inward-oriented economic growth model to the export-oriented growth model.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sociology

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

December 31, 2020

Submission Date

April 20, 2020

Acceptance Date

December 10, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Volume: 40 Number: 2

APA
Yıldız, E. (2020). A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology, 40(2), 599-623. https://izlik.org/JA42SY86GT
AMA
1.Yıldız E. A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology. 2020;40(2):599-623. https://izlik.org/JA42SY86GT
Chicago
Yıldız, Emrah. 2020. “A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations”. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology 40 (2): 599-623. https://izlik.org/JA42SY86GT.
EndNote
Yıldız E (December 1, 2020) A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology 40 2 599–623.
IEEE
[1]E. Yıldız, “A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations”, İstanbul University Journal of Sociology, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 599–623, Dec. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA42SY86GT
ISNAD
Yıldız, Emrah. “A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations”. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology 40/2 (December 1, 2020): 599-623. https://izlik.org/JA42SY86GT.
JAMA
1.Yıldız E. A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology. 2020;40:599–623.
MLA
Yıldız, Emrah. “A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations”. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology, vol. 40, no. 2, Dec. 2020, pp. 599-23, https://izlik.org/JA42SY86GT.
Vancouver
1.Emrah Yıldız. A Reassessment of Turkey’s Import Substitution Strategy: Bureaucracy, Politics, and the International Organizations. İstanbul University Journal of Sociology [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 1;40(2):599-623. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA42SY86GT