Industrial Policy in Turkey: Rise, Retreat and Return

At a time when many advanced and emerging economies are adopting more active industrial policies, this book provides an in—depth historical–empirical account of industrial policy in Turkey – its rise, retreat and return. This study adopts a multidisciplinary approach and covers the role of the state from Turkey’s initial industrialisation to the current period of restructuring and potential technological upgrading of its manufacturing base. The analysis traces how industrial policy has been...