IngentaConnect Turkey: Economy, Politics and Government

Abstract:

Mustapha Kemal Atat?rk, ‘father' of the Turkish Republic, had an overriding, modernising vision, to rescue Turkey from the stagnation of a collapsed Ottoman Empire to a model based on modern, Western principles. More than 77 years later, under the government of veteran Prime Minister Bulent Ecevit, Turkey is still in the throes of perennial economic and political crises. As Turkey balances precariously on the verge of fiscal meltdown and struggles with a public sector deficit equal to more than 65 per cent of its GDP, many are questioning whether the country needs to embrace some new role model.

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