Globalization and Turkish Business Associations: The Case of TUSIAD

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the impact of globalization processes on the leading Turkish business association in Turkey, the Turkish Industrialists and Businessmen Association, TusiAD. It is believed that there is a need to focus on globalization processes within the context of Turkish business life by taking TusiAD as a case since the Association has played an important role in linking the Turkish economy to the global market, and acting as a strong internal actor of globalization in Turkish politics and the economy. It is argued that, in the TusiAD case, the impact of globalization revealed itself as the transformation of a business association, in terms of its role as a pressure group concerned with the particular interests of businessmen, to a civil society organization concerned with the general interests of the country, with its emphasis on democracy and EU membership.

Keywords

Globalization, Turkey, TusiAD, Democracy, European Union

Citation

Koyuncu, Berrin, “Globalization and Turkish Business Associations: The Case of TusiAD”, International Relations, Volume 3, Issue 9 (Spring 2006), pp. 125-149.

Affiliations

• Berrin Koyuncu, Dr., Hacettepe University, Department of Political Science and International Relations