Introduction: Regulation and Competition in Turkey / Tamer Çetin and Fuat Oğuz -- A GENERAL OUTLOOK -- The Place of Regulation Within the Public Law in Turkey / Ali Ulusoy -- The Political Economy of Privatization in Turkey: An Evaluation / Mehmet Cahit Güran -- Regulatory Diffusion in Turkey: A Cross-sectoral Assessment / Isik Ozel and İzak Atiyas -- The Legal Structure of Competition Policy in Turkey / Kerem Cem Sanli and Sahin Ardiyok -- LESSONS FROM THE MARKETS -- Regulation in the Turkish Electricity Industry / Necmiddin Bağdadioğlu -- The Regulation of Natural Gas Industry in Turkey / Erkan Erdoğdu -- Regulation and Competition in the Turkish Telecommunications Industry / Izak Atiyas -- Regulation, Deregulation, and Competition in the Turkish Airline Industry / Tamer Çetin and Serkan Benk -- Political Economy of Water Regulation and the Environment in Turkey / Servet Mutlu
Summary
"The Political Economy of Regulation in Turkey" brings together leading international scholars and experts on Turkey and regulatory reform to provide essential information on the recent Turkish experience and its relation to competition policy. After the 1980 liberalization reform, Turkey tried to introduce competition in many industries, but network industries have remained as monopolies. At the end of the 1990s, regulatory reform was initiated and independent regulatory agencies have been established by the government
