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Some Economic Aspects of Turkish Armaments Spending

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 July 2015

Gülay Günlük-Şeneser*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Management, Istanbul Technical University

Extract

The main purpose of this paper is to discuss the economic aspects of armament expenditures in Turkey in recent years. There are two forms of arms acquisitions: purchasing from abroad and purchasing from domestic arms producers. In both cases, the government is the sole purchasing and/or ordering body. When purchasing from domestic producers, the government expresses a preference in terms of promoting a new industrial activity. Hence the acquisition decisions of the Turkish armed forces are reflected onto the markets through the government. This is the main reason why armament decisions do not remain solely in the political and/or military domain, but have serious economic implications, the means of financing being the most important.

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Research Article
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Copyright © New Perspectives on Turkey 1995

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