Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
21th MEEA International Conference 29-30 November 2025 - Istanbul, Türkiye Marmara University, İstanbul, Türkiye, 29 - 30 Kasım 2025, ss.1, (Özet Bildiri)
DILEMMAS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN TÜRKİYE
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[Emine Tahsin) 1 ]
ABSTRACT
This research aims to investigate Türkiye’s industrial-based development trends and sustainability
phenomenon. Within the scope of the paper, the industrialization policies carried out in Türkiye and the
trends of new industrialization policies defined in the 21st century will be considered based on political
economy approaches. In this period also globalization has gained a new dimension; all facts increase the
importance of policies that will shape the scope of industrialization trends. Under these circumstances,
SDG 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)-based sustainable development targets pose specific
challenges for Türkiye as an upper-middle-income country. In this context, multivariate analysis methods
will be utilized for the post-1990 period. The global value chain indicators, UNIDO SDG 9 Industrial
Tracker data, and SDGs index data are considered for the analysis. The main finding is that the
decoupling remains weak with the increase in the value-added of the manufacturing industry and
environmental degradation. The impact of employment and human capital-based data on the
performance of the SDG 9 target remains weak. This situation reveals that Türkiye's sustainable
industrialization targets and the international competitiveness conditions cannot be achieved
simultaneously. Overall, the political economy implications of current global political economy trends for
Türkiye comprise specific features that will be discussed in detail.
Keywords: Industrialization, Sustainaible Development Goals and Multivariate Analysis , Türkiye and
Industrialization, Political Economy of Industrialization
Jel Codes: O5, L6,C3
1 [Istanbul University Faculty of Economics, tahsin@istanbul.edu.tr]