Local champions and change of governments: a longitudinal analysis of firms’ political ties in Gaziantep, Turkey

Lisa Ahsen Sezer and Gül Berna Özcan

Journal of Economic Geography, 2024, vol. 24, issue 2, 263-283

Abstract: This article examines business–politics ties during a shift from multi-party politics to competitive-authoritarian rule in Turkey. We conducted a longitudinal investigation of the political ties and performance ranking of top manufacturing firms in a provincial industrial centre, Gaziantep. The analysis demonstrates that major power transitions in centre politics elicited variegated local responses and intra-group contestations. The leading business elites sustained political capital through a multi-scalar diversification of political ties. Using an agent, network, and institutions framework, we highlight the political dynamics behind sub-national growth trajectories, and contribute to scholarship on urban party politics and elite localism in economic geography.

Keywords: political ties; urban politics; firm growth; business association; government transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D22 P16 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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