R & D AND INNOVATION POLICIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF TURKEY AND EAST ASIAN COUNTRIES

Abstract

Together with the globalizing world, some countries that are in the process of adaptation to this system
difficulties await. Turkey has recently achieved a great increase in per capita income.
However, this increase in income could not provide income competition between developed countries and Turkey.
In short, we cannot say that Turkey is successful in closing the income gap. In the world
After the global crisis, despite Turkey's rapidly growing economy, people
The lack of an increase in income per person has been the subject of various discussions (MUSIAD, 2012; Sak,
2013; Yeldan, 2012; Yeldan et al, 2012; Yilmaz, 2014). At the beginning of these issues, Gill and Kharas'
The concept of "Middle-Income Trap", which he first mentioned,
It's a debate over whether it exists or not.