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The economic transformation of Turkey : neoliberalism and state intervention / Nilgün Önder.

By: Önder, Nilgün, 1965- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of modern Turkey ; 15.Publisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Description: xv, 400 pages ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781780768830; 1780768834Subject(s): Coup d'état (Turkey : 1980) | Since 1960 | Neoliberalism -- Turkey | Labor policy -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century | Industrial relations -- Turkey -- History -- 20th century | Economic history | Turkey -- History -- Coup d'état, 1980 -- Economic aspects | Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1980- | Turkey -- Economic conditions -- 1960- | TurkeyGenre/Form: History | History.DDC classification: 330.9561038 LOC classification: JC574.2.T9 | O63 2016HC492 | .O3343 2016Summary: The coup d'état which took place in Turkey on 12 September 1980 was the third in the history of the Republic, and ushered in a three-year period of military rule. Nilgün Önder investigates the economic transformation of Turkey after this coup, examining both the policies enacted under the military regime and those during the subsequent period of civilian government. Önder argues the key aspect of economic policy was that of neoliberal restructuring, and integral to this was the exclusion of organised labour from the political process. In doing so, she highlights the irony of the era: that at an official level, there was an emphasis upon neoliberal economic values, such as limited state involvement. And yet at the same time, policies were enacted which were aimed at a more interventionist position when it came to industrial relations. It was through new legislation and bureaucratisation of the industrial relations system that the state transformed the Turkish economy, attempting to open it up to foreign investment and trade: in effect creating the foundations of Turkey's current economic success.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-394) and index.

The coup d'état which took place in Turkey on 12 September 1980 was the third in the history of the Republic, and ushered in a three-year period of military rule. Nilgün Önder investigates the economic transformation of Turkey after this coup, examining both the policies enacted under the military regime and those during the subsequent period of civilian government. Önder argues the key aspect of economic policy was that of neoliberal restructuring, and integral to this was the exclusion of organised labour from the political process. In doing so, she highlights the irony of the era: that at an official level, there was an emphasis upon neoliberal economic values, such as limited state involvement. And yet at the same time, policies were enacted which were aimed at a more interventionist position when it came to industrial relations. It was through new legislation and bureaucratisation of the industrial relations system that the state transformed the Turkish economy, attempting to open it up to foreign investment and trade: in effect creating the foundations of Turkey's current economic success.