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New regionalism in Turkey: questioning the ‘new’ and the ‘regional’

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  • Ervin Sezgin

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Turkey’s regional policies are inspired by the new regionalism theory. During past two decades, key concepts of new regionalism, including knowledge economies, specialization, networked cities and innovation, have been incorporated in policy documents. At the same time, Turkey comes from a strong central state tradition that controls local and regional development. At first insight, new regionalism and strong central state control do not fit in the same frame. This research analyses the trajectory of regional policies in Turkey with the aim of explaining how these seemingly incompatible policies can coexist. It argues that regional policies developed at the central state level utilized new regionalism as a part of the strategy to maintain power in the course of transformation of the nation state.

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  • Ervin Sezgin, 2018. "New regionalism in Turkey: questioning the ‘new’ and the ‘regional’," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(4), pages 653-669, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:26:y:2018:i:4:p:653-669
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2017.1403571
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    1. Erkul Abdullah & Kırankabeş Mustafa Cem, 2024. "Porter-Type Regional Agglomerations, Export Performance, and Inclusive Regional Policy: An Empirical Assessment of Turkish Manufacturing Sector," South East European Journal of Economics and Business, Sciendo, vol. 19(2), pages 136-152.

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