Geographic Concentrations in Turkey's Manufacturing Industry: Identifying Regional Highpoint Clusters

摘要

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/Kinkkale and Qukurova districts. The study points out the importance of newly developing centres near the periphery of Ankara and several production centres in Anatolia.