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Last Updated: 07/10/2026

Code - Course Title	Course Type	Laboratory + Practice	ECTS
İKT598 - Turkish Economy	II. SEMESTER	3 +0	6.0

Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Course Type	Elective Courses
Course Instructor(s)	PROF. DR. ÖZGÜR TONUS
Mode of Delivery	Distance learning methods.
Place of Delivery	Online
Used Educational Platforms	Online
Prerequisites	N/A
Courses Recomended	N/A
Recommended Resources	K. Boratav(2012) Türkiye İktisat tarihi, 1908-2009, 16. Basım, İmge Kitabevi, Ankara.S. R. Karluk (2009)Türkiye Ekonomisi, 12. Baskı, Beta Basım A.Ş. İstanbulMahfi Eğilmez (2018) Değişim Sürecinde Türkiye, İstanbul: Remzi Kitapevi.Özgür Orhangazi (2024) Türkiye Ekonomisinin Yapısı : Sorunlar Kırılganlıklar ve Kriz Dinamikleri, İmge Kitapevi.Özgür Tonus (2015) Temel Göstergelerle Türkiye Ekonomisi. Bursa: Ekin Yayınevi
Work Placement	N/A
Aims of the Course	The aim of this course is to analyze the historical development, structural characteristics, and current problems of the Turkish economy from a political economy perspective. The course aims to address areas such as growth, distribution, public finance, borrowing, sectoral structure, crises, and foreign trade within the framework of state–capital–labor relations.

Weeks	Learning Outcomes	Topics	Teaching Methods
Week - 1		Structural Characteristics of the Turkish Economy, Historical Progress and The place of Turkish Economy in the World in Terms of Macroeconomics	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 2		The Position of the Turkish Economy in the World Economy & Demographic Structure • Turkey: Periphery or semi-periphery? • The mode of articulation into global capitalism • Demographic transformation and capital accumulation • The political significance of migration and labor supply	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 3		Labor Market: Labor, Class, and Precarity • Flexibilization and precaritization • Decline in unionization rates • Female labor and patriarchal structure • Informality and the informal economy	Lecture Discussion
Week - 4		Growth Regime and Capital Accumulation • Statist accumulation regime (1930–1980) • Neoliberal accumulation regime (post-1980) • Financialization	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 5		Income Distribution and Poverty in Turkey	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 6		Public Finance and the Class Character of the State • Public expenditure and revenue • Class analysis of the tax structure • The predominance of indirect taxes • Public-private partnership (PPP) • Fiscal discipline and capital confidence	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 7		Internal and External Debt • External debt and financial dependency • IMF and structural adjustment • CDS premiums and market discipline • Debt sustainability and sovereignty	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 8		Agriculture: The Decline of the Small-Scale Producer • Agricultural production and resources • Neoliberal transformation in agriculture • Structural problems of the agricultural sector	Lecture Question & Answer Discussion
Week - 9		Industrial sector State Economic Enterprises and their importance in the economy, SEEs and privatization	Lecture Discussion
Week - 10		The Service Sector in Turkey	Lecture
Week - 11		National Income, Poverty, and Income Distribution	Lecture Discussion
Week - 12		Capital Markets and Financial Liberalization 1989 liberalization of the capital account Central Bank independence Institutional transformation Crises and the IMF: 1994, 2001, 2018	Lecture Discussion
Week - 13		Foreign Trade and Global Value Chains	Lecture Discussion
Week - 14		Balance of Payments and International Investment Position	Lecture Discussion

End Poverty No more hunger Health and Quality of Life Quality Education Accessible and Clean Energy Decent Work and Economic Growth Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure Reducing Inequalities Responsible Production and Consumption

Economics, Finance and Management

Open-Ended Test

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