Varlık Vergisi Konusundaki Yolsuzluk Söylentileri

Abstract

Corruption Rumors about the Capital Tax (Varlık Vergisi) AbstractDuring World War II, shoıtages in ıhe basie cansumpıion goods and production inputs, incre;ısing prices and falling production c:t\Ised black markeıing. Dııe lo the war econoıny and speculative atmosphere a considerable wc.~lıIı accumulated in the hands of the commercial and agricuIıural bourgcoisie. InSlıfticienl GovenlienI revemıes. inercasing inlernaıioııal and economic pressııres fare ed tlıe government to utilize new tinaııcia! iııstnımenıs. 111 order to inercase budget reveııues aııd to prevent black marketing. tlıe governmenl levied Varlık Vergisi on untaxed wealth, excessive prolits. But, the implemeııtation of the tax caused discriıııination beıween Musliıns and non-Muslims. In other words higlıer lax mlcs were kvied on ııon-Muslim citizens. Varlık Vergisi is the most dispuı.~ble tax in Turkish tinancial history. Lack of lega! rights, ethnic discrinıiııaıion and t<ıx assessınenls were tlıe most criticized items of V<ırlık Vergisi .. Ilıe purpose of this paper is lo explain same obscllfe applications of Varlık Vergisi aııd questioıı the rumors ahoul political corruptioıı. i will focus on the criıical approaches iıı the Parliamentary Proeeedings about Varlık Vergisi in tlıe second half of 1950. The criıical iSSlıe which was disellssed in ıhe parliameııtary sessions was tlıe facl tlıaı ıhe liabiliıies of same lax-payers had been posıpoııcd :md eventııally cancelled. This W<lScansidered to he Ihe illegal pr:ıctiee of Repuhlie<ın Pcoples Party's goverınenI. more preeiscly politieal comı ption.

Europe and Turkey: identities in evolution. An analytical literature review

“…Besides, there is no research dealing with the identity depictions of Turkey and Europe during the Second World War. The existing literature on the Second World War is either composed of sources with a general perspective on Turkish foreign policy ( Deringil, 1989 ; Oran, 2001 ) or works particularly focusing on the Capital levy ( Aktar, 1996 ; Aktar, 2000 ; Coşar, 2003 ; İnci, 2012 ). Moreover, most works dwelling on the Republican period rather examine Turkey’s top-down Westernization process without offering a detailed analysis on how Europe was perceived in the Republican Turkey and how the Republican transformation was received by European society ( Heper, 2004 ; Keyder, 1993 ; Keyman, 2006 ; Nas, 2001 ; Polat, 2006 ).…”