Author: Vahit Ozan Poşluk
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Vahit Ozan Poşluk Mar 22, 2024 Figure 1: The iconic Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul Just a little bit less than a year ago, Turkey, a member of NATO and (still) a candidate country of the EU, went through an election process that was deemed as the crossroads for the centennial republic. Although the campaign period…
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Introduction Since the election of the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi – AKP) in November 2002, Turkey has emerged as a paradoxical case among the world’s rapidly growing upper-middle-income economies. It has achieved significant technological upgrading in many of its export-oriented sectors, including transportation, consumer electronics, and defense, despite an institutional environment…