This course aims to examine the transformation of the Turkish economy from the 1800s to the present, considering the political, social, and economic dynamics that have emerged on a local and global scale in this long period. The scope of the course includes the following topics: the economic problems of the late Ottoman Empire and the economic policies followed by the central government; World War I and the transition to the national economy; the new economic model shaped by the Great Depression of 1929; the paradigm shift in economic policies in 1980s, and the economic structure of 21st-century Turkey.
