Military and Defense Studies

Defence expenditures have both costs and benefits to the economy. The costs of defence expenditures are mainly emphasized as opportunity costs. On the other hand, defence spending may have growth‐promoting potential benefits: a rise in defence spending may result in a higher aggregate demand, production and employment…

• NADİR ÖCAL
• SELAMİ SEZGİN

This paper provides a country survey of the Turkish defence economy. Turkey is a member of NATO alliance and is strategically located between Europe and Middle East. Moreover, Turkey has a high defence burden and high economic growth. The first part of the survey presents a brief economic background of Turkey, its arm…

• SELAMİ SEZGİN

Turkey's military and political elites have long combined in an uneasy partnership to oversee the Republic's affairs. A number of factors have enabled the military to influence Turkish politics in the name of protecting national unity, democracy, and secularism, including the legacy of the vertically organized Ottoman…

• AYŞE NİLÜFER NARLI

Turkey has been investing in its national defence industrial base since the 1980s. As with other developing countries, Turkey’s motivations for investing in national defence industries can be boiled down to the pursuit of defence autarky, economic benefits and international prestige. However, after 40 years of investm…

• HÜSEYİN BAĞCI

Turkey has been investing in its national defence industrial base since the 1980s. As with other developing countries, Turkey’s motivations for investing in national defence industries can be boiled down to the pursuit of defence autarky, economic benefits and international prestige. However, after 40 years of investm…

• ÇAĞLAR KURÇ

Abstract: Recent years have seen a transformation in Turkish civil-military relations—away from the traditional picture of weak elected officials overseen by a strong military, to one of a strengthened civilian government and a military with decreased influence. This article explores the questions of how this transfor…

• ERSEL AYDINLI

Sosyal devletlerin temel görevlerinden biri de ulus bütünlüğünün korunması ve ülke güvenliğinin sağlanmasıdır. Tehlikelere karşı devletler savunma stratejileri oluşturup bu doğrultuda savunma mekanizmaları üretirler. Tam kamusal mal niteliğinde olan savunma hizmetinin sunumu için Türkiye’de 1980 öncesi dönemde dışa ba…

• TÜLAY BARAN

Studies of transgovernmental activities have enhanced our understanding of changing global politics, but their claims have not been fully investigated with respect to the security realm. Therefore, this article first acknowledges a gap between the practices and capacities of nonstate entities creating transnational th…

• ERSEL AYDINLI

Two NATO allies, Greece and Turkey, have also been considered potential threats to each other. Thus, these countries’ military spending has been subject to many academic studies to observe if these potential threats trigger the military spending of both countries. Nonetheless, most regression results of those studies…

• HASAN ŞAHİN

Savunma sanayi taşımış olduğu özellikler bağlamında güvenlik ihtiyaçları yanında yaratmış olduğu dışsallıklar ve sektörel çıktıları nedeniyle ülke ekonomisi açısından da önemlidir. Bu çalışmada da Türkiye’de savunma sanayinin gelişimi farklı boyutlar ve veri setleri kullanılarak incelenmiştir. Önce bu sektörün yaklaşı…

• FİLİZ YEŞİLYURT
• MUHAMMET ENSAR YEŞİLYURT

Doğası gereği jeopolitik riskler son derece öngörülemez ve yönetilmesi zor bir risk türüdür. Bu riskler, ticari entegrasyon ve küreselleşmeyle birlikte dünya genelinde her geçen gün daha da artmaktadır. Jeopolitik risklerin artması, ülkeleri güvenlik konusunda endişelendirmekte ve onları silahlanma yarışına itebilmekt…

• SERAP BARIŞ

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• MEHMET ABDÜLKADİR VAROĞLU