Türkiye’s Potentials and Challenges in the Implementation of Green Industrial Policies

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 2, 326 - 337, 29.10.2025

Abdullah Önal

https://doi.org/10.70101/ussmad.1767260

Öz

Environmental and climate crises such as pollution, global warming, ozone layer depletion, carbon emission, etc., in the world, have pushed countries to search for solutions. For Türkiye, carbon emissions based on fossil fuels can be the main significant problem and, in this study, it will be mentioned in the context of renewable energy, although not in all its aspects due to the limits of an article. Green Industrial Policy (GIP) emerges as a solution to these. In this respect, Türkiye as a developing country will be handled as a case, and its advantages and strengths will be discussed in the case of applying green policies because there is no holistic national document covering all of the programs, incentives, and legal arrangements that may evaluate the problems and possibilities in this industry, but rather dispersed documents from several government agencies. It will be argued that the main challenges for Türkiye are bureaucratic structure, law ground, and audit in terms of capacity and stability. Moreover, the foreground potentials are renewable energy, green jobs, electric vehicles, and market opportunities to catch international competition. While there are other challenges and benefits in this context, the main ones are covered in the paper.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Green Industrial Policies , GIP , Green Jobs , Renewable Energy

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