Information Package / Course Catalogue
Industrialization Policies
Course Code: ECN518
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 5
Objectives of the Course

It is aimed to discuss the industrialization policies of today by examining the Industrial Revolution and the industrialization process after it from a historical perspective, to analyze how developed countries industrialized, to reveal why Turkey could not complete the industrialization process and to offer policy recommendations in this direction.

Course Content

Industrialization and late industrialization, the cause and how of industry, industrialization strategy and types of industrialization policy, industrial layer, industrialization policies with examples from today...

Name of Lecturer(s)
Prof. Kurtuluş BOZKURT
Learning Outcomes
1.Distinguish different approaches of different economic schools to industrial policies.
2.Comprehends and analyzes the theoretical framework of a country's industrialization process.
3.It puts forward policy recommendations about the industrialization process of a country's economy.
4.Interprets the industrialization adventure of the Turkish economy.
5.It analyzes the relationships between technology, industrialization and growth and its effects on the workforce.
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Hilal Kuvvetli YAVAŞ – Türkiye’de Sanayileşme ve Sanayi Politikaları, Der Yayınları.
2.Murat YÜLEK – Ulusların Yükselişi, Kronik Kitap.
3.Yusuf TUNA ve Ali A. BİÇER – Sanayi Politikaları: Ekonomik ve Sosyal Eğilimler, Hiperyayın.
4.Serdar ŞAHİNKAYA ve Ahmet A. EREN – Sanayi, Sanayileşme ve Teknoloji, Dost Kitabevi.
5.Ha-Joon CHANG – Sanayileşmenin Gizli Tarihi, Efil Yayınevi.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Industrialization and late industrialization: conceptual and theoretical background
Week 2 - Theoretical
Industrial Revolution and after: How did advanced industrial countries industrialize?
Week 3 - Theoretical
Industry why and how
Week 4 - Theoretical
Types of industrialization strategy and industrialization policy
Week 5 - Theoretical
Industrialization policy and late industrialization
Week 6 - Theoretical
Industrialization process and industry layer
Week 7 - Theoretical
Industrialization and the state as a capacity-building process
Week 8 - Theoretical
Why do developing countries need industrial policy?
Week 9 - Intermediate Exam
Midterm Examination
Week 10 - Theoretical
Industrial policies with examples from today
Week 11 - Theoretical
Where is Turkey in industrialization?
Week 12 - Theoretical
Industrial policy practices in Turkey before and after 1980
Week 13 - Theoretical
Industrial policy practices in Turkey before and after 1980
Week 14 - Theoretical
Recent industrial policies in the Turkish economy
Week 15 - Theoretical
The effects of technology on working life and working relationships
Week 16 - Final Exam
Final Examination
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140342
Individual Work140228
Midterm Examination123225
Final Examination128230
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)125
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
PÇ-15
OÇ-1
2
3
2
4
4
OÇ-2
3
2
3
4
3
OÇ-3
2
3
2
3
2
OÇ-4
3
2
3
2
4
OÇ-5
2
2
3
2
3
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026