The Present volume has concentrated on a few critical areas of the Turkish economy including the industrial sector, human dvelopment, liberalization and its impact, trade, macroeconomic fundamentals, and the monetary and fiscal policies. These contemporary issues are indeed very critical indicators of the macroeconomic scenario of the country. While explicating most of the more critical contemporary issues, the volume has also pinpointed the opportunities and challenges in many areas of macroeconomic activities. The issues selected here for analysis are all critical for an open economy like Turkey which is a participant in the process of economic globalization. The book is purported to be a useful compendium for students and researchers of macroeconomics in general and the Turkish economy in particular.B.N. Ghosh, PhD (India), M.CIM (UK), GFCR (Harvard), is currently a Professor of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus. A specialist in Human resource Development and Political Economy, he has published extensively in refereed journals. His books are published, among others, by Arnold Heinemann, Longman, Macmillan, Routledge, Nova Science Publications of New York, Ashgate Publishing and Wisdom House of England. He has undertaken short-term consultancies for various organizations including the University Grants Commission and the United Nations Development Programme. Professor Ghosh is the Director (Hon.) of the Centre for the Study of Human Development in Le...