The Changing Role of Public Enterprises: The Turkish Case in Historical and Future Perspective

Mustafa A. Aysan

International Review of Public Administration, 2001, vol. 6, issue 1, 29-37

Abstract: This article addresses the rise and fall of public enterprises as significant contributors to the economic and social development of Turkey since the early 1930s. It records that public enterprises were initially highly efficient “spearheads” of growth and prosperity in the country, but that they were subsequently subject to considerable political interference. This had a very negative effect on their autonomy and performance and, in the last 20 years, their plight has been responded to through a series of privatization initiatives. Overall, there are important lessons for the use and control of public enterprises in other countries.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/12294659.2001.10804967

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