Türkiye's megaprojects and the contradictions of capital accumulation: Economic dilemmas faced by the Turkish state.

This paper is concerned with evaluating megaprojects and their failures in Türkiye in the contradictory foundations of capitalism under the AKP rule. It discusses how the Turkish state's interventions through megaproject investments have created economic dilemmas in terms of fiscal crisis, currency...

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Publicado en:Cambridge Journal of Economics Vol. 50; no. 2; pp. 355 - 376
Autor principal: Uzunyayla, Ferda
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Oxford University Press / USA Mar2026
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