Contents
Tables and Figures / iv
Preface / v
Acknowledgements / vii
Introduction / ix
1. Sixty Years of the Republic / 1
2. Population — Labour — Employment / 29
3. The Transition to the 1980s 38
4. Economic Performance in the 1980s / 46
5. The International Sector / 71
6. The Inflationary Syndrome / 91
7. Turkey’s Economic Options / 124
8. Epilogue to the First and Prologue to the Second
Quinquennium / 144
9. Postscript / 156
Bibliography / 162
Index / 169
Tables and Figures
Tables
3.1 Maximum deposit interest rates, 1975-85 / 39
4.1 Sectoral and GNP growth, 1978-85 / 65
4.2 Changes in the sectoral shares in GNP, 1970-85 / 65
5.1 Structure of exports and imports by main commodity groups, 1970-85 / 74
5.2 The balance of trade, current account and terms of trade, 1970-85 / 75
6.1 Indicators of inflation, 1970-85 / 102
6.2 Wholesale price indices, 1979-85 / 102
6.3 Inflationary rates and percentage changes in
total and per capita GNP, 1970-85 / 104
7.1 Income distribution in Turkey — 1978-9 / 135
8.1 Resources and uses, 1985 and 1986 / 145
8.2 Sectoral distribution of investments in 1985 / 147
Cumulative table: select data on the economy of Turkey, 1970-85 / 154-155
Figures
Map of Turkey / xii
5.1 Terms of trade, balance of trade, and balance on current account, 1970-85 / 79
6.1 Changes in GNP, in GNP per capita, and inflationary trends, 1970-85 / 105
6.2 Annual changes in money supply, exchange rates, and rates of inflation, 1970-85 / 113
6.3 Wholesale price indices in 1984 and 1985 / 117
7.1 Income distribution in Turkey — the Lorenz curve (end of the 1970s) / 135
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