The Political Dynamics of R&D Policy in Turkey: Party Differences and Executive Interference during the AKP Period

dc.contributor.authorKaraoğuz, Hüseyin Emrah
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-27T08:01:12Z
dc.date.available2019-06-27T08:01:12Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.departmentFakülteler, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the political dynamics of R&D policy in Turkey during the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalknma Partisi AKP) period. Drawing on interviews and other sources the article argues that R&D policy is not above politics in Turkeythis contrasts with the dominant understanding in the literature. First although opposition parties have significantly different views on R&D policy they support the AKP on key legislation since innovation is perceived to be a phenomenon that cannot be opposed in any circumstances. Innovation is thought to fuel modernization sustain a nation's independence and reflect national dignity. Second the executive's interference in key innovation agencies specifically the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Aratrma Kurumu TuBTAK) leads to shifts in organizations' policy stance and enables the AKP to pursue the policy as it sees fit. The AKP has preferred a predominantly horizontal policy design (no sectoral focus) and promoted relaxation in resource allocation criteria. The article demonstrates how politics influences innovation policy in Turkey highlighting opposition parties' role in policy-making by showing how the opposition's ideational stance and weak institutional capacity hindered the deliberation of policy alternatives.en_US]
dc.identifier.citation4
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/19448953.2018.1385928en_US
dc.identifier.endpage404
dc.identifier.issn1944-8953en_US
dc.identifier.issn1944-8961en_US
dc.identifier.issn1944-8953
dc.identifier.issn1944-8961
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85033376053en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ1
dc.identifier.startpage388en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/295
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/19448953.2018.1385928
dc.identifier.volume20en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000433546700006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2
dc.institutionauthorKaraoğuz, Hüseyin Emrahen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherRoutledge Journals Taylor & Francis Ltden_US
dc.relation.journalJournal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studiesen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.titleThe Political Dynamics of R&D Policy in Turkey: Party Differences and Executive Interference during the AKP Perioden_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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