The path to Turkey-EU integration has not been a straightforward one. It has historical, cultural and political as well as economic dimensions. Within this wide spectrum, the purpose of this thesis is to analyze the implications of integrating Turkey's agricultural sector with that of the EU. As...

This book, written by a range of Islamic scholars, sheds a great deal of light on questions about Islam’s compatibility with a free society and a free economy. It aims to inform those in the West who view Islam with fear and suspicion, while encouraging Muslims to remember and learn from their...

Turkey has been witnessing a new and interesting phenomenon in recent decades: the emergence of what some call green capital or Islamic capital. Others call the same phenomenon Anatolian tigers. The economic formation originated in those business circles that disapprove interest and...

In recent years, the literature on endogenous growth has steadily revealed the fact that human resources are the main constituent of economic growth. Turkey has long implemented a state policy in which human resources have been weakened and paralyzed. This chapter looks at the historical...

Accession negotiations between Turkey and the EU have been opened and the screening process has been underway since October 2005. No doubt that one of the most important and potentially troublesome chapters will be agriculture throughout the process of negotiations. Agricultural negotiations...