Long-Term Structural Changes in Society and Turkish Economy

In the history of shaping the structure of an economy, the cultural and moral values of societies have played a major role. The process of transition from primitive society to agriculture society, or from industrial society to information-knowledge society has been experienced at different times and levels in every society. In this study, transition of Turkish economy to a knowledge society has been discussed. An assessment has been made back in the industrialization process of Turkey about falling behind of developed countries in terms of the internalization of technology and experiences in becoming an information society have been mentioned