Challenges and opportunities in the pathway of development: Case of Turkey

The globalization process offers countries the opportunity to integrate with world economies. Turkish economy has undergone significant structural transformation since the 1980s and experienced intense global developments in this complex period. Turkey, having strengths and weaknesses, is also faced with many threats and opportunities in the mentioned process. Therefore, a correct analysis of the opportunities and threats can move the country to a better point in the development road.

This book focuses threats and opportunities in the pathway of Turkey’s development.In this framework; working poverty, external debt problem,early deindustrialization, 1980 transformation of the economy, households’ demand for healthcare, instruments of fiscal policy, case of Syrian business, decent work and gender equality, economic and fiscal impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic in Turkey are examined

H. Işıl Alkan is Assistant Professor in Department of Economics of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ondokuz Mayıs University. She has teaching and research experience in the area of economic policy, world economy, labour economics, agricultural economics and gender economics. She has several manuscripts, conference papers and book chapters in the stated fields.

Kübra Önder is Associate Professor in Department of Economics of Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Burdur Mehmet Akif Ersoy University. She has teaching and research experience in economic theory, microeconomics, industrial economics, agricultural economics, time series and panel data analysis. She has several manuscripts, conference papers and book chapters in the stated fields.