Author Biography

Ahmet Zaifer is Associate Professor of International Relations at the University of Kyrenia. He has published book reviews, translations and many articles on privatization and Turkey. Recent articles have appeared in Critical Sociology, Review of Radical Political Economics, and Journal of Historical Sociology.

Table of Contents

AcknowledgementsList of Illustrations1 Introducing the Privatization in Turkey 1 Theoretical Approaches to Privatization 1.1 Liberal Approaches 1.2 Institutionalist Approaches 1.3 Marxian Approaches 2 An Analytical Framework for Understanding the Privatization Process 2.1 Contemporary Capitalism Is the Context that Brought Privatization Policy to the Fore 2.2 The State Is an Integral Element of the Privatization Processes 2.3 A Power Bloc Is the Key Class Agent behind Privatization 2.4 Privatization Is a Constitutive Element of Domestic Accumulation Strategies 3 Understanding Privatization in Turkey – the Structure of the Book2 The Development of soes in Turkey in Historical Perspective 1  soes and Consolidation of Capitalism in Turkey: 1923–1945 2  soes and Post-war Expansion of Capitalism in Turkey: 1946–1960 3  soes , Duty Losses and Class Compromises: 1961–1980 4 Conclusion3 To Privatize or Not to Privatize? Interventions to Privatization Process: 1984–2001 1 The World Bank and Foreignization Campaign of the Power Bloc: 1984–1993 2 The imf Programs, Intra-capital and Intra-state Conflicts: 1994–2001 2.1  tüsad -based Holdings and Privatization 2.2 Intra-capital Conflicts and Privatization 2.3 Intra-state Conflicts and Privatization 3 Conclusion4 The Acceleration of Privatization in the Post-2001 Era: 2002 to 2009 1 Privatization and Internal Restructuring of Accumulation Strategies 2 Privatization and Different Fractions of the Power Bloc 2.1 Privatization and tüsad Holdings 2.2 Privatization and Islamic-Influenced Anatolian Capital Groups 2.3 Privatization and Foreign Capital 2.4 Privatization and the akp Government 3 Privatization and Resistance 3.1 Sporadic Labor Resistances: Seka, Tüpra ... 3.2 Türk-Metal Union and Domestic Private Iron-Steel Companies: Erdemir 4 Institutional Reforms and Overcoming Barriers 5 Conclusion5 The Expansion of Privatization Public-Private Partnerships: 2010–2018 1 Conceptualization of the ppp Phenomenon 2 Broad Contours of ppp Implementations in Turkey during the 2010s 3 Dynamics behind Acceleration of ppp s in Turkey during the 2010s 3.1  Domestic Capital Accumulation 3.2  Power Bloc 3.3  State 4 Case Studies 4.1  Bosporus (Eurasia) Tunnel 4.2  Gebze-Orhangazi-zmir Motorway (incl. Osmangazi Bridge) 4.3  Third International Airport for stanbul 4.4  Northern Marmara Motorway (incl. Third Bosporus Bridge) 4.5  Dardanelles Bridge and Knal-Balkesir Motorway (Malkara-Çanakkale Section) 4.6  Healthcare Campus Projects (City Hospitals) 5 Conclusion6  Comparing Alternatives to Privatization 1 Implications of the Turkish Privatization Experience 2 What Is a Substantial Alternative to Privatization? 2.1  Traditional State Ownership and Control 2.2  Corporatization 2.3  Democratic Control 3 The Question of Strategy: How to Construct and Defend a Substantial Alternative? 3.1  Building Alliances 3.2  Making the State an Operationally Contested Space/Process 4 ConclusionAppendix 1  tüsad -based ConglomeratesAppendix 2  Islamic-Influenced and/or Anatolian Companies Having Close Relations with akp-ErdoanAppendix 3  Divestitures in Turkey between 2010 and 2018ReferencesIndex 

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In Privatization in Turkey: Power Bloc, Capital Accumulation and State, Ahmet Zaifer offers a rare look at privatization in Turkey that involves all three historical periods of the Turkish privatization process -the 1980s and 1990s, the 2000s, and the 2010s- and covers different forms of privatization from divestiture to public-private partnership. Benefiting from theoretically informed qualitative research spanning nearly a decade that has involved several interviews with key informant groups, extensive review of newspaper articles and detailed analysis of annual reports of businesses, Ahmet Zaifer convincingly proves that the acceleration of privatization in Turkey has not only provided advantages to so-called favourable capital groups and the government elites, but also consolidated the position of Capital in General at the expense of labouring-popular classes and the natural environment of the entire country.

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This volume will be of special interest to scholars of the Turkish history and politics, privatization and neoliberalism, and state formation.

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