Research Article

Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey

Volume: 4 Number: 1 March 10, 2025
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Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey

Abstract

This study examines the effects of debt policies on capital accumulation and social transformation in the neoliberal period in Turkey. In the post-1980 period, neoliberal policies reinforced the dominance of financial capital while making debt mechanisms one of the main instruments of social control. Especially with the liberalization of capital movements in 1989, financial capital accumulation and debt strategies gained a new dimension. The politics of debt in Turkey has been shaped by the state’s transfer of resources to finance capital through domestic borrowing, the marketization of public services and the inclusion of households in the financial system. This study argues that the neoliberal debt regime is not only an economic strategy, but also plays a central role in the construction of social control and disciplinary mechanisms. While ensuring the sustainability of capital accumulation, this regime reorganized the power relations between social classes in favor of finance capital.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Political Economy Theory

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

January 28, 2025

Publication Date

March 10, 2025

Submission Date

December 27, 2024

Acceptance Date

January 28, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2023 Volume: 4 Number: 1

APA
Aydoğdu, Y. (2025). Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey. Journal of Sustainable Economics and Management Studies, 4(1), 1-24. https://izlik.org/JA49RU67LC
AMA
1.Aydoğdu Y. Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey. ECOMAN. 2025;4(1):1-24. https://izlik.org/JA49RU67LC
Chicago
Aydoğdu, Yunus. 2025. “Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey”. Journal of Sustainable Economics and Management Studies 4 (1): 1-24. https://izlik.org/JA49RU67LC.
EndNote
Aydoğdu Y (March 1, 2025) Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey. Journal of Sustainable Economics and Management Studies 4 1 1–24.
IEEE
[1]Y. Aydoğdu, “Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey”, ECOMAN, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 1–24, Mar. 2025, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA49RU67LC
ISNAD
Aydoğdu, Yunus. “Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey”. Journal of Sustainable Economics and Management Studies 4/1 (March 1, 2025): 1-24. https://izlik.org/JA49RU67LC.
JAMA
1.Aydoğdu Y. Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey. ECOMAN. 2025;4:1–24.
MLA
Aydoğdu, Yunus. “Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey”. Journal of Sustainable Economics and Management Studies, vol. 4, no. 1, Mar. 2025, pp. 1-24, https://izlik.org/JA49RU67LC.
Vancouver
1.Yunus Aydoğdu. Accumulation through Borrowing: Capital and Social Transformation in the Neoliberal Era in Turkey. ECOMAN [Internet]. 2025 Mar. 1;4(1):1-24. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA49RU67LC

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