Abstract:Purpose
This study aims to illustrate the developmental and modernizational state management policies in the early Turkish Republic in the 1930s through the establishment of state-owned cotton textile factories in underdeveloped regions of the country. It analyzes the state’s industrial-cum-social engineering policies and their micro-level role in Turkish economic development.
Design/methodology/approach
To illustrate the government’s role in regional industrialization and modernization, this study uses an i… Show more
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