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IR 4109 Issues for Turkey in Global Political Economy

This course is designed to introduce you to the issues important for the Turkish Republic in the global political economy. The course topics are grouped through a historical overview of the political economy of Turkey in relation to structural economic transformations and political developments in the globalization process. The course is divided into three sections. Section one introduces the relationship between politics and economics of Turkey between 1908 and 1960s. The issues covered in section one are state-led development and important substitution industrialization. Section two examines the economic cries and market liberalization period between 1970 and 1991. This issues covered in section two are chronic inflation, financial cries, privatization, export-led economic growth, and foreign debt. Section three will cover student presentations on a topic that are related to the twin processes of regionalization, specifically accession to the EU, and globalization in Turkey. Credit units: 3 ECTS Credit units: 5.

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