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The Turkey Economy : An Analysis Of Turkey's Economy

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Introduction

Turkey is in a state of emergency, and has been since July of 2016, after an attempted coup, a sudden violent and aggressive takeover of a government. Originally, President Tayyip Erdogan only declared state of emergency for three months, but then extended this period up to the maximum time they can declare state of emergency, up to six months. In a state of emergency, the president has almost complete power, and can decree whatever he thinks is right. Turkey’s economy has been struggling for a while now, and it is expected to continue to struggle. It has been said that the president is not looking to do what is best for his country, and is abusing his power. Currently, Turkey’s economy is sixteenth largest in the world, and …show more content…

As well, during the global economic crisis, Turkey did relatively well, with only a decrease in economic growth of 0.6%. They had a 4.6% contraction in GDP, with a rebound with about 9% growth in 2009, and 2010 (2013-11-16 Jarosiewicz, A. OSW). Turkey’s location has greatly helped their economy in the past decade. They are relatively close to the European Union markets, and in the past decade, has experienced a population growth of about 10 million, making their total population 75 million (2013-11-16 Jarosiewicz, A. OSW). Turkey has successfully made changes that has stabilised the economy at a macroeconomic level, but this still didn’t allow Turkey to be at the same ranking level as more developed countries. The tax system in Turkey is inefficient, and the value of exports are low, but the Turkish government has been working on making improvements.

Productive Sector

In Turkey, the majority of the population work in the service sector, about 55% of the population (2017 Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook Turkey). This means that most of the population have jobs like teaching, nursing, or other occupations that are helping and providing for others. In Canada, 76% of the population are in the service sector, (2017 Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook Turkey), meaning that there is a greater number of Canadians that have occupations that serve others than Turkey does. Tourism is also a great economic and financial provider in Turkey.

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