POLICY TRANSFER IN PRIVATIZATION: THE CASE OF TURKISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR

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Tezin Türü: Yüksek Lisans

Tezin Yürütüldüğü Kurum: Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi, Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü, Türkiye

Tezin Onay Tarihi: 2019

Tezin Dili: İngilizce

Öğrenci: HEDİYE ESRA KARAMAN

Danışman: Mustafa Kemal Bayırbağ

Özet:

In Turkey, privatization policy has been transferred as a result of the influences of global forces and international actors. This thesis analyzes the process of policy transfer in privatization of Turk Telecom in a historical context. The aim is to analyze the national structural factors that facilitate or constrain policy transfer in privatization of telecommunications sector in Turkey and to examine the factors that policy transfer leads to success or failure in privatization of Turk Telecom.