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Turkey: The Development of White Goods in the ‘EU Periphery’

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Labour in a Global World

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The post-war period witnessed the emergence of large scale Turkish private capital, which was mostly under family ownership. The presence of a big domestic market, a high rate of population growth, massive migration from rural areas and the emergence of middle and high-income groups in the cities all paved the way for a growth in demand for a wide range of consumer goods. As a result, large domestic private capital has invested in the white goods industry along with direct foreign investment and joint ventures.1

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  1. Nadir Sugur
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Sugur, N., Nichols, T. (2005). Turkey: The Development of White Goods in the ‘EU Periphery’. In: Labour in a Global World. The Future of Work Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230512320_6

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