| Course Contents |
| Economic history before Ottoman Empire; economic changes in Western Europe, Fundamentals of Ottoman economic regime, Capitalism and first sectors of Ottoman economy, The economic structure from the last periods of Ottoman Empire to Republic of Turkey. Establishing time period of Republic of Turkey. Etatism period. World War II period. Social transformation period. Planned development period. The time period between 1960 – 1980. Structural economic transformation period in the 1980s. The time periods of the 1990s. Adjustment tendencies with regard to economic sectors. The role of government in the economy. The role of Turkish economy in the world economy. Economic indicators in Turkey. |
| Weekly Course Content |
| Week |
Subject |
Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
| 1 |
Introduction and economic growth and human development in 200 years. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 2 |
Institutions and economic growth. Ottoman Economy and institutions before the 19th century. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 3 |
Turkey's population in the last 200 years. Industrial revolution and thereafter. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 4 |
International liberalization of the economy. Financial issues, money and external borrowing. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 5 |
Market oriented agriculture. Demise of crafts and first steps of industrialization. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 6 |
Growth, institutions and distribution in the 19th century. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 7 |
World war and national economics. Founding years of the Republic. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 8 |
mid-term exam |
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| 9 |
Global depression and statism. II. World War, State and peasantry. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 10 |
Growth, institutions and distribution during the transition from the Ottoman Empire to the Republic. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 11 |
Democrat Party and agriculture oriented growth experiment. Industrialization and import substitution. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 12 |
Growth, institutions and distribution after the Second World War. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 13 |
Transition to neoliberal policies. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 14 |
Neoliberal policies and growth, institutions and distribution in the age of globalization. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 15 |
Inequalities in Turkey in the last 200 years. Concluding evaluations. |
Lecturing and discussion method |
| 16 |
final exam |
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| Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading |
| 1 |
Şevket Pamuk, Türkiye’nin 200 Yıllık İktisadi Tarihi, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları, İstanbul, 2014 |
| Required Course instruments and materials |
| Textbook |
