Rate of consumer products in overall imports in 1923:
81%
In 1938: 36%
Growth rate in economy is at least 10% between 1924
and 1938
Number of national banks in 1924: 19
In 1938: 39
Lenght of railways in 1923: 4112 km (constructed in the
Ottoman Empire in 150 years)
Lenght of railways in1938: 7132 km (3020 km constructed
by the Republic in 10 years)
SOSYAL BİLİMLER
ZÜMRESİ
112 planes are produced in the factory established in
Kayseri in 1938, with German Junkers Company
Vecihi Hürkuş produced 100% Turkish plane in 1925.
150.000 trees were planted only in Atatürk’s Farm,
Atatürk Orman Çiftliği in 3 years.
“It is not enough to see the horizon, we need to see
beyond the horizon as well.”
Resources:
Komisyon, İstatistik Göstergeler 1923-1992, Devlet İstatistik Enstitüsü (DİE), Ankara, 1994
Cemil Schick Irwin, Tonak E.Ahmet, Geçiş Sürecinde Türkiye, Belge Yay., Istanbul, 1992
Meydan, Sinan, Akl-ı Kemal Atatürk’ün Akıllı Projeleri, İnkılap Yay., İstanbul, 2014
Boratav,Korkut, Türkiye İktisat Tarihi 1908-2009, İmge Yay., Ankara, 2014
Akşin, Sina, Kısa Türkiye Tarihi, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yay., İstanbul, 2007
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