Geographic concentrations in Turkey's manufacturing industry: Identifying regional highpoint clusters

Akgüngör E. S.

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES, cilt.14, sa.2, ss.169-197, 2006 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 14 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2006
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09654310500418002
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.169-197
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The theory of economic development based on industry clusters emphasizes the importance of co-location of firms or industries with potential to share technical information and knowledge transfer. The paper identifies industry cluster templates in Turkey using the 1996 Turkish input/output table. Engineering and textile clusters are the largest ones with respect to the number of establishments and employment. Majority of manufacturing clusters are located in Istanbul, Izmir, Ankara/Kirikkale and Cukurova districts. The study points out the importance of newly developing centres near the periphery of Ankara and several production centres in Anatolia.