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In the latter half of the 1990s, budget deficits and debt levels in Turkey were allowed to reach ... more In the latter half of the 1990s, budget deficits and debt levels in Turkey were allowed to reach such high levels that the country's macroeconomic stability was severely undermined. High inflation and volatility of the real exchange rate caused growth rates to oscillate excessively. In order to address this instability, the Government of Turkey embarked on a path of disinflation in early 2000, requiring a reduction of government expenditures in all sectors. Given the bloated level of annual budgetary and other fiscal support which agriculture had come to absorb by this time, reforms of agricultural subsidies had a significant role to play in this fiscal stabilization program. For this reason, the Government initiated a politically demanding but thorough realignment of agricultural support policies, aimed at improving the efficiency in their support to the sector at greatly reduced levels. Three years into the program, the agricultural subsidy reforms have contributed significant...

International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology, Feb 1, 2007

In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform change... more In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform changed the practical instruments of policy intervention without questioning the underlying policy paradigm. A major driving force behind ARIP was the World Bank, which provided policy advice and the necessary financial support. The primary goal was to make Turkish agriculture more compatible with the WTO principles as well

Turkey’s Engagement with Modernity, 2010

Within each country, there are significant disparities, gaps: among regions, between the sexes, b... more Within each country, there are significant disparities, gaps: among regions, between the sexes, between urban and rural areas and among ethnic groups. Operationalizing the Human Development requires some analysis of the distribution of Human Development itself. Can Human Development Index (HDI) profile become a useful tool to understand the underlying sources of and potential causes of problems? Can it cope with distributional characteristics of Human Development? Studies in disaggregated HDI have been initiated in a number of countries:

in the last frothy years the countries in the northern rim of the Mediterranean Basin have certai... more in the last frothy years the countries in the northern rim of the Mediterranean Basin have certainly experienced a period of rapid economic and social change , involving transformations in the inter sectorial economic sector, as well as changes in the territorial distributions of the population, thus producing food forms and habits no longer typical of the rural world. Agricultural production has also undergone a process of internationalization. Trade is far more lively and the consumption of products from other areas much higher. This was not the case previously when the products of agriculture were consumed mainly locally. Another factor tha ha s contributed to the so-called internationalization is the increase in tourism from central-northern Europe to the Mediterranean countries. At the same time thousands of workers have been migrating in the opposing direction. Thus culinary customs and traditions, that were formerly specific to Mediterranean countries, have spread from one re...

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2007

In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform change... more In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform changed the practical instruments of policy intervention without questioning the underlying policy paradigm. A major driving force behind ARIP was the World Bank, which provided policy advice and the necessary financial support. The primary goal was to make Turkish agriculture more compatible with the WTO principles as well

The Geographical Journal, 1992

ABSTRACT The rural world of Portugal. Italy, Greece and Turkey has changed radically in the last ... more ABSTRACT The rural world of Portugal. Italy, Greece and Turkey has changed radically in the last fifty years. From being profoundly backward, the agriculture of these countries has rapidly reached a level of economic growth which is very close to that of mort-western Europe. Inevitably social and environmental problems have accompanied this rapid process of change. The volume describes the most significant changes that have taken place in the agricultural sector. It considers the main characteristics and problems of the policies implemented, studies export flows, in relation also to the Common Market countries and identifies prospects of development. The volume can therefore contribute usefully to the definition of a better European Community agricultural policy for the future.

İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 1992

… development in west …, 1990

Researchers have neglected rainfed farming and its special problems considering it traditional an... more Researchers have neglected rainfed farming and its special problems considering it traditional and likely to be abandoned during the modernization of agriculture in Anatolia, Turkey. Yet its coexistence and competition with irrigated agriculture poses new constraints to ...

İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 1992

In the latter half of the 1990s, budget deficits and debt levels in Turkey were allowed to reach ... more In the latter half of the 1990s, budget deficits and debt levels in Turkey were allowed to reach such high levels that the country's macroeconomic stability was severely undermined. High inflation and volatility of the real exchange rate caused growth rates to oscillate excessively. In order to address this instability, the Government of Turkey embarked on a path of disinflation in early 2000, requiring a reduction of government expenditures in all sectors. Given the bloated level of annual budgetary and other fiscal support which agriculture had come to absorb by this time, reforms of agricultural subsidies had a significant role to play in this fiscal stabilization program. For this reason, the Government initiated a politically demanding but thorough realignment of agricultural support policies, aimed at improving the efficiency in their support to the sector at greatly reduced levels. Three years into the program, the agricultural subsidy reforms have contributed significant...

International Journal of Agricultural Resources Governance and Ecology, Feb 1, 2007

In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform change... more In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform changed the practical instruments of policy intervention without questioning the underlying policy paradigm. A major driving force behind ARIP was the World Bank, which provided policy advice and the necessary financial support. The primary goal was to make Turkish agriculture more compatible with the WTO principles as well

Turkey’s Engagement with Modernity, 2010

Within each country, there are significant disparities, gaps: among regions, between the sexes, b... more Within each country, there are significant disparities, gaps: among regions, between the sexes, between urban and rural areas and among ethnic groups. Operationalizing the Human Development requires some analysis of the distribution of Human Development itself. Can Human Development Index (HDI) profile become a useful tool to understand the underlying sources of and potential causes of problems? Can it cope with distributional characteristics of Human Development? Studies in disaggregated HDI have been initiated in a number of countries:

in the last frothy years the countries in the northern rim of the Mediterranean Basin have certai... more in the last frothy years the countries in the northern rim of the Mediterranean Basin have certainly experienced a period of rapid economic and social change , involving transformations in the inter sectorial economic sector, as well as changes in the territorial distributions of the population, thus producing food forms and habits no longer typical of the rural world. Agricultural production has also undergone a process of internationalization. Trade is far more lively and the consumption of products from other areas much higher. This was not the case previously when the products of agriculture were consumed mainly locally. Another factor tha ha s contributed to the so-called internationalization is the increase in tourism from central-northern Europe to the Mediterranean countries. At the same time thousands of workers have been migrating in the opposing direction. Thus culinary customs and traditions, that were formerly specific to Mediterranean countries, have spread from one re...

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology, 2007

In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform change... more In 2001, Turkey adopted the Agricultural Reform Implementation Project (ARIP). This reform changed the practical instruments of policy intervention without questioning the underlying policy paradigm. A major driving force behind ARIP was the World Bank, which provided policy advice and the necessary financial support. The primary goal was to make Turkish agriculture more compatible with the WTO principles as well

The Geographical Journal, 1992

ABSTRACT The rural world of Portugal. Italy, Greece and Turkey has changed radically in the last ... more ABSTRACT The rural world of Portugal. Italy, Greece and Turkey has changed radically in the last fifty years. From being profoundly backward, the agriculture of these countries has rapidly reached a level of economic growth which is very close to that of mort-western Europe. Inevitably social and environmental problems have accompanied this rapid process of change. The volume describes the most significant changes that have taken place in the agricultural sector. It considers the main characteristics and problems of the policies implemented, studies export flows, in relation also to the Common Market countries and identifies prospects of development. The volume can therefore contribute usefully to the definition of a better European Community agricultural policy for the future.

İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 1992

… development in west …, 1990

Researchers have neglected rainfed farming and its special problems considering it traditional an... more Researchers have neglected rainfed farming and its special problems considering it traditional and likely to be abandoned during the modernization of agriculture in Anatolia, Turkey. Yet its coexistence and competition with irrigated agriculture poses new constraints to ...

İktisat İşletme ve Finans, 1992