Privatization Applications and Its Results in Turkey

In 1980s, privatization, both at theoretical level and in practice, stood out as an economic political instrument, and became one of the most discussed issues. In the first section of the study, the concept of privatization has been discussed and the definition, sorts, and methods of privatization have been tried to be explained. After describing of the main concepts, the privatization applications in Turkey have been given place and the legal framework about privatization has been described It was seen that the institutes privatized got into act effectively in free market economy in a competitive environment, protecting the consumers rights. It cannot be said that the privatization applications beginning in 1985 became very successful in the first years Between the years of 2000 -2013, privatization gained acceleration. In Turkey, after Public Economic Enterprises (PEEs) were privatized, it was concluded that they were active more effectively; that their profitability increased compared to pre-privatization.