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...

This article discusses the new tendencies in agricultural support policies in the world in the aftermath of the Uruguay Round. First, it reviews agricultural support policies in the world with a special focus on the US and EU support programs. Then it highlights new regulations brought about by...

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...